He Jiankui

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He Jiankui sparked an international counter-movement with his experiment in the last year

scientists in China, said he is The World 's first gene-edited baby was imprisoned for three years.

He Jiankui ban was for a breach of the government from performing its own experiments on human embryos, to try, to give you protection against HIV.

He was sentenced, as he was known to his experiments, and the birth of two babies last November.

Xinhua news agency, said a third baby was also born at the same time, the previously confirmed.

said The Local government of the province of Guangdong, the baby was under medical observation.

as Well as the detention, He was sentenced to a fine of three million yuan ($430,000; £328,000).

The court also has lower prices delivered by two men, Zhang Renli, and Qin Jinzhou, for the conspiracy, for the conduct of the experiments.

A court in Shenzhen, said The Men had acted "in the pursuit of personal fame and fortune", and had seriously "disrupted the medical order", Xinhua news agency reported.

"have you crossed the bottom line of ethics in scientific research and Medical Ethics ," the court added.

What happened in the last year?

He announced the birth of gene-edited, twins Lula and Nana, called in a video filmed by the Associated Press , in November 2018.

the description of his experiments, He said: "I understand my work will be controversial - But I believe that the families need this technology, and I am willing to take the criticism for him. "

After the video was released, the game from The World of science in China and around The World quickly and powerfully.

The Chinese government, He is under police investigation and ordered to complete his research work.

He was also fired from the University where he was an associate professor at the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences published a statement about you, saying it was "a staunch opponent of the" gene-editing to the people.

"Under the current circumstances, gene editing in human embryos consists of several unresolved technical problems could lead to unforeseen risks, and against the consensus of The International scientific community," The Statement added.

How has The Experiment ?

He has been targeted a gene called CCR5.

This is a set of genetic instructions, which are important for a functioning immune System - But they are also the target, the weakness of the human immune virus (HIV) to infect the cells.

mutations of CCR5 in essence, close the door and people resistance to HIV.

According to the South China Morning Post, recruited seven heterosexual couples who wanted children in the study. The Men were all living with HIV, while women were.

The Professor from embryos in an IVF clinic, and the used gene-editing technology known as CRISPR-Cas9 modification of the CCR5 gene.

He then falsified the documents to submit for the completion of a mandatory ethics and fabricated information, so that doctors would unknowingly-gen implant-processed embryos in Two Women .

What are the effects?

The full consequences of the gene-editing babies are unclear, But the effects could be permanent.

- When The Babies Grow Up to own children, all genetic changes have given down through the generations. This could possibly be the introduction of a sustainable change in the human race.

This is even more complicated, in the event that He ' s experiment.

Earlier this month, when He was the original research published for the First Time , scientists said, the results show that, what He had said, you.

While He said the right gene, you, he had the exact mutation, associated with resistance to HIV.

Instead, He created a never-before-Seen genetic changes, the effects are not currently known.

Professor Robin Lovell-Badge, of the UK-based Francis Crick Institute, told Bbc News that they "can't just say," what are the implications of these changes are.

"There have never been any studies of these specific mutations, because they are already," he said.

"He was very stupid. He thought he knew better, But The Techniques are not easy, nor as to [genome editing] safely and efficiently. "

The long-term effects remain to be Seen - But Prof Lovell-Badge added that the biggest concern is, "whether the three babies are born to be healthy and looked after Well ".

genetics, china, hiv & aids, medical research

Source of news: bbc.com