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Offline TomSea

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Reports: Chinese researcher who claimed to have gene-edited babies goes missing
« on: December 04, 2018, 04:44:38 am »
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Reports: Chinese researcher who claimed to have gene-edited babies goes missing
By Michelle Robertson, SFGATE

Monday, December 3, 2018

A Chinese researcher has gone missing a week after announcing he successfully edited the DNA of babies, Chinese media reports.

Researcher He Jiankui said last week that he had altered embryos for seven couples during fertility treatments. He said two of the edited embryos were born healthy twin baby girls. Their DNA had been altered to try to make them resistant to infection with the HIV virus. There is no independent confirmation of what He says he did.

Over the weekend, reports emerged in Chinese media that He was being kept under house arrest. He was last seen Wednesday during an appearance at a conference in Hong Kong.

Read more at: https://www.chron.com/science/article/Jiankui-he-missing-gene-editing-arrest-twins-dna-13440552.php?utm_campaign=sftwitter

"Gene-edited babies" is thought to be a dubious claim. Maybe the Central Government of China is going after this guy.  They seem to crack down on anyone stepping out of line, celebrities, religions yes, including Christians, gays and so on.
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Re: Reports: Chinese researcher who claimed to have gene-edited babies goes missing
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2018, 04:56:30 am »
When the Chinese govt' was asked what happened to the researcher their response was "Ancient Chinese Secret".
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Re: Reports: Chinese researcher who claimed to have gene-edited babies goes missing
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2018, 10:25:56 am »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on December 04, 2018, 04:56:30 am
When the Chinese govt' was asked what happened to the researcher their response was "Ancient Chinese Secret".



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Re: Reports: Chinese researcher who claimed to have gene-edited babies goes missing
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2018, 01:50:50 am »
TomSea wrote:
"Maybe the Central Government of China is going after this guy."

Methinks they indeed went after him... for spilling the beans on what was supposed to be a hush-hush subject...
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Re: Reports: Chinese researcher who claimed to have gene-edited babies goes missing
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2018, 01:52:57 am »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on December 04, 2018, 04:56:30 am
When the Chinese govt' was asked what happened to the researcher their response was "Ancient Chinese Secret".

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