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Chinese scientist He Jiankui involved in gene-edited babies jailed for three years | South China Morning Post

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Chinese scientist He Jiankui, who created the world’s first “gene-edited” babies, has been sentenced to three years in prison and fined 3 million yuan (US$430,000) on charges of illegally practicing medicine. State media said on December 30, 2019, that a court in Shenzhen convicted him and two others of carrying out…

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