A group of Chinese scientists and legal experts call on the Chinese government to ban He Jiankui, a scientist who had been sentenced to "gene editing babies", and then conducted experiments involving people or genome editors.
According to the Hong Kong South China Morning Post on Tuesday (March 14), 18 people, including some biological ethicsists, said in a statement on March 5: "We strongly condemn He Jiankui to refuse to refuseReflect that he seriously violates the crimes of gene editing ethics, laws and regulations. "
Statement," We also strongly condemned him (He Jiankui) in the case of lack of scientific content and moral protection.Missing misleading marketing hype ", as this may have further violations.
He Jiankui originally served as an associate professor at Shenzhen South China University of Science and Technology. In 2018, he announced the use of gene editing to cultivate a pair of AIDS immune babies, causing huge ethical disputes.The Shenzhen Court sentenced him to three years and fined 3 million yuan (RMB, the same, about S $ 600,000) at the end of 2019.He Jiankui was released in April last year.
He Jiankui reopen the social media account last month, saying that he targets three to five genetic diseases in two to three years, including Du's muscle atrophy, to benefit families with rare diseases.He also plans to raise 50 million yuan for the research work and start clinical trials in March 2025.
However, some scientists and bi ethicists say that He Jiankui has not provided detailed research plans and brought false hope to patients.
Qiu Renzong, a well -known biological ethicist at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that he organized this group meeting to warn He Jiankui that he should stop promoting himself to families with rare diseases.
Qiu Renzong said that He Jiankui should not conduct experiments involved in people, nor should he conduct genome editors because he did not clearly explain to his family members.Require.The Chinese government should pay attention to what He Jiankui does, otherwise he is likely to repeat the same mistakes.
