https://www.scmp.com/rss/322674/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com This week, a Chinese scientist claimed to have found a way to stop babies being infected with HIV using a gene-editing technique. This news emerged at an academic conference in Hong Kong. It sounded, on first reports, like good news released just before international World Aids Day, on December 1. However, in fact, the scientist has received a barrage of criticism from the scientific community for conducting research of highly questionable value and possibly compromising medical ethics. My... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/united-states/article/2175731/gene-editing-wont-help-fight-against-hiv?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/united-states/article/2175731/gene-editing-wont-help-fight-against-hiv?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Nov 2018 04:30:00 +0000 So many people in Hong Kong are afraid to talk to young people about sex. The truth is we should be more afraid of the consequences of not talking to them. It is rapidly apparent that the existing approach of trying to hide sex from young people is not only illogical in the internet age, it’s also dangerous. We meet young people every day who found themselves in situations they didn’t know how to handle, pressured into sex they didn’t want or having been infected with sexually transmitted... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1953795/lets-talk-about-sexuality-hong-kong-young-people-need-know?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1953795/lets-talk-about-sexuality-hong-kong-young-people-need-know?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 May 2016 05:26:57 +0000