Chinese scientist who allegedly created the first genetically engineered babies is being detained

The Chinese scientist who shocked the world with the claim to create the first genetically modified babies is currently arrested in the Chinese city of Shenzhen, according to a report in The New York Times. He Jiankui, Chinese researcher at Southern University of Science and Technology and entrepreneur involved in two Chinese biotech startups, hit the headlines and sparked controversy when he announced that he had used CRISPR to take a gene that plays a role in the infection of HIV virus cells embryos of two twins born in November. UPDATE: CRISPR scientist in China says his team's research has

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