{"id":18471,"date":"2018-11-27T12:30:06","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T12:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eng.danfetv.com\/?p=18471"},"modified":"2018-11-27T12:30:06","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T12:30:06","slug":"scientist-under-fire-following-claims-of-human-genetic-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eng.danfetv.com\/?p=18471","title":{"rendered":"Scientist under fire following claims of human genetic engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-type\">China&#8217;s National Health Commission has demanded a thorough investigation into the recent claim by a scientist in China that they genetically engineered twins to make them immune to HIV infection. A joint statement issued by 122 scientists late yesterday strongly condemned the lax ethical review of the study.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-con\">\n<p>The twins, who were born to a mother who is HIV negative and a HIV-positive father, are reportedly in good health.<\/p>\n<p>Researcher He Jiankui claimed on Monday that he and his team used the CRISPR gene editing technology to remove a gene from the zygote that they believe allows a HIV infection to take hold. The researchers also have plans to eliminate a gene called CCR5 in the hope of rendering offspring resistant to HIV, smallpox, and cholera.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pcenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img1.zhytuku.meldingcloud.com\/images\/zhycms_chinaplus\/20181127\/33b4a01f-be3c-4951-9be6-1f31a995771a.jpg?x-oss-process=image\/resize,w_650\" alt=\"He Jiankui and his team at work in a laboratory in Shenzhen on October 9, 2018. [Photo:VCG]\" width=\"650\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He Jiankui made the claim about his team&#8217;s research in Hong Kong ahead of an international conference on gene editing that opened on Tuesday. He was due to attend the conference and deliver a speech on Wednesday, however he was absent from the opening ceremony and the organizing committee is reconsidering his eligibility to participate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pcenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img3.zhytuku.meldingcloud.com\/images\/zhycms_chinaplus\/20181127\/1de1ada8-7319-4b62-b93f-e8e2c589235a.jpg?x-oss-process=image\/resize,w_650\" alt=\"Qin Jinzhou, left, and Zhou Xiaoqin look at a monitor in a laboratory in Shenzhen on October 9, 2018. [Photo: AP]\" width=\"650\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The announcement regarding the experiment, which has so far not been subject to peer review by a scientific journal, has shocked the world scientific community. For several years, many scientists have called for a ban on genetic engineering of the human genome. An official with a local medical ethics committee attached to the Health and Family Planning Commission in Shenzhen said that verification of He Jiankui&#8217;s claims is underway.<\/p>\n<p>He Jiankui was an associate professor in the biology department at the Southern University of Science and Technology until he started a three-year period of unpaid leave in February. 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