in other news Chinese scientist is at
the center of an ethical storm after
claiming to have made the world's first
genetically edited babies
despite the controversy surrounding his
work he said he's proud of what he's
achieved and even revealed a second
potential pregnancy isn't jet reports
Huijin cui sparked an immense
international outcry after alleging to
have helped create the world's first
genetically edited babies after the
first two babies he revealed another
woman may be in the early stages of her
genetically edited pregnancy her an
associate professor at Southern
University of Science and Technology in
Shenzhen addressed a crowd of 700 people
at the human genome editing summit at
the University of Hong Kong on Wednesday
and said despite the controversy he's
proud of his work for this specific case
I feel
it's a I feel proud actually I feel
proudest because the mark thought it he
lost the hope for the life but when the
baby was born and with his protection he
sent a message at the day of birth see I
will work hard or money and take health
his tooth autos and his wife for his
sake that half-life her who claims his
work was self-funded downplay concerns
his highly controversial research was
shrouded in secrecy explaining he was in
close contact with the scientific
community over the past three years he
added the study was submitted to a
scientific journal for review but did
not name which one in a video posted
online earlier this week the Chinese
scientist said he used a gene editing
technology known as CRISPR Castine to
alter the embryonic genes of twin girls
born this month
he said the gene editing process would
help protect them from HIV the
technology allows scientists to
essentially cut and paste DNA raising
hope of genetic
fix's for disease however the technology
also comes with concerns over safety and
ethics a couples were initially enrolled
in the study the criteria required the
father to be HIV positive and the mother
to be HIV negative
he says his findings could help millions
of people with inherited diseases eating
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