Jennifer Doudna, a scientist at the University of California, Berkeley (seen on Tuesday) was among those who criticised He Jiankui, the scientist who claimed to have gene-edited the embryos of a pair of twins. Photo: AP
Scientists line up to take aim at research behind Chinese biologist He Jiankui’s gene-edited babies
- Nobel laureate and leading American biologist David Baltimore says the work to make babies HIV immune was not medically necessary
- American biochemist David Liu, a co-inventor of the gene-editing technology used in the experiment said the children were at no risk of developing HIV anyway
Jennifer Doudna, a scientist at the University of California, Berkeley (seen on Tuesday) was among those who criticised He Jiankui, the scientist who claimed to have gene-edited the embryos of a pair of twins. Photo: AP
