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That mad scientist who created designer babies is, apparently, gearing up for more human gene-hacking research.
Gene Editing

Rogue Scientist Who Gene-Hacked Human Babies Gear Up for More Human Experiments

By Noor Al-Sibai

Roughly a year and a half after being released from prison, Chinese scientist He Jiankui has resumed research on human embryo gene editing.
Gene Editing

Scientist Who Gene-Edited Human Babies Back in the Lab Again After Prison Release

By Victor Tangermann

The New Yorker documented the life-changing ambitions of He Jiankui, the scientist who gene edited human babies, leading to infamy and prison.
Gene Editing

Scientist Who Gene Edited Human Babies Had Plan to Transform Humankind

By Noor Al-Sibai

Chinese geneticist He Jiankui rocked the scientific world with his gene-edited baby experiments back in 2018. Now, he speaks out about some of his regrets.
Gene Editing

Scientist Who Gene Edited Human Babies Says Mistakes Were Made

By Victor Tangermann

He Jiankui, the scientist who gained wide notoriety for genetically modifying two human babies in 2018, has been released from prison.
Prosthetics and Devices

Scientist Who Genetically Modified Human Babies Released From Prison

By Jon Christian

According to a new book, Chinese scientist He Jiankui had the support of several Communist Party officials while working on his gene-editing experiments.
Gene Editing

Communist Party Secretly Supported Chinese Gene-Edited Babies, According to New Book

By Victor Tangermann

Two geneticists are criticizing He Jiankui's use of CRISPR to edit human embryos on the grounds that it was an example of deeply flawed science.
Prosthetics and Devices

CRISPR Baby Experiment Meant to Prevent HIV Might Not Even Work

By Kristin Houser

A study into Chinese censorship revealed that the nation doesn't want its citizens conversing about He Jiankui's genetically edited babies.
Future Society

China Is Censoring “Genetically Edited Babies” on Social Media

By Kristin Houser

Documents list several Chinese government agencies as the funding sources for the CRISPR babies experiments conducted by He Jiankui.
Prosthetics and Devices

China May Have Helped Fund Gene-Hacked Babies Experiment

By Kristin Houser

He Jiankui, who drew criticism when it emerged that he gene-edited babies, told an adviser about the work many months before it became public.
Prosthetics and Devices

Nobel Prize Winner Knew About Gene-Edited Babies, Kept Quiet

By Jon Christian

According to a Stanford doctor who knows He Jiankui personally, the woman carrying the second gene-edited fetus should be 12-14 weeks pregnant by now.
Health & Medicine

Next Gene-Edited Baby Due in Six Months, Scientist Says

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese Gov: Doctor Who Gene-Edited Babies Forged Ethical Review
Prosthetics and Devices

Chinese Gov: Doctor Who Gene-Edited Babies Forged Ethical Review

By Kristin Houser

Robin Lovell-Badge, the geneticist who recently said the infamous geneticist He Jiankui may face the death penalty, now dials back his speculations.
Prosthetics and Devices

Doctor Who Gene Edited Babies Rejects Death Penalty Rumor

By Dan Robitzski

Ball and chain.
Prosthetics and Devices

Scientist Who Gene Edited Babies Is Being Held By Mysterious Guards

By Dan Robitzski

He Jiankui, the researcher behind the controversial gene-editing of a pair of twin babies in China, is currently nowhere to be found.
Prosthetics and Devices

The Scientist Who Gene-Edited Babies Is Missing

By Kristin Houser