China jails three over gene-edited babies

By By Ken Moritsugu
Updated December 30 2019 - 9:43pm, first published 9:37pm
Chinese scientist He Jiankui has been sent to jail for three years over genetically editing babies.
Chinese scientist He Jiankui has been sent to jail for three years over genetically editing babies.

A Chinese scientist who set off an ethical debate with claims that he had made the world's first genetically edited babies have been sentenced to three years in prison because of his research, state media said.

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