Scientist in China defends human embryo gene editing
by Suzanne Sataline in Hong Kong and Ian Sample from on (#43W78)
He Jiankui uses Hong Kong summit to reply to critics of his Crispr-Cas9 trials altering baby DNA for HIV resistance
The Chinese scientist who claims to have altered the DNA of twin girls before birth - without going through the usual scientific channels - said he was proud of his work, and claimed another woman enrolled in his trial was pregnant with a similarly modified baby.
The scientist, He Jiankui, spoke to hundreds of colleagues and journalists on Wednesday at the International Human Genome Editing Summit at the University of Hong Kong.
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