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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology • 2018-12-03

Another Woman Is Pregnant With a Gene Edited Embryo

During his presentation of the CRISPR gene editing of human embryos, the Chinese scientist said there is another woman currently pregnant with a gene edited embryo.

He Jiankui is an associate professor at the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen. He did not break any international regulations but CRISPR editing of human embryos was a break with convention.

"There's a fairly tight consensus from what is and is not acceptable in genome editing as of now, and He's reported work represents a departure from that," said David R. Liu, professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Harvard University, who has pioneered improving versions of CRISPR.

He JianKu's Talk Starts at 1 Hour and Nine Minutes of This Video of the Hong Kong Human Gene Editing Conference

He speaks in english. He starts with an apology about the story leaking before it was presented at scientific venue.

He describes the work with monkeys and humans.

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Reported By Gina Kynast