Law must keep up with research
The results of an investigation into the claim by a Chinese scientist to have produced the world's first gene-edited human babies, found that He Jiankui deliberately violated China's regulations against using gene-editing technologies on human embryos for reproduction purposes in pursuit of personal fame.
The results of the investigation into the controversial gene-edited babies experiment, which were announced on Monday evening, have temporarily put an end to the disputes over whether or not He acted rashly, by clearly stating that his actions involved serious violations of national regulations.
He, who at the time was an unknown assistant professor of biophysics at Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, deliberately sought to evade supervision by raising funds and organizing the experiment himself, using forged ethical inspection documents.
