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2019.12.30 13:13 GMT+8

Chinese researcher gets 3 years for illegal human embryo gene editing

Updated 2019.12.30 13:13 GMT+8
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Chinese researcher He Jiankui was sentenced to three years in prison and fined 3 million yuan (about 430,000 U.S. dollars) for illegally carrying out the human embryo gene editing intended for reproduction, in which three genetically edited babies were born, a court in south China's Shenzhen City said Monday.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency
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