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The aftermath of “Gene Editing Babies” continues.

At the end of November last year, a scientist from Shenzhen, China, He Jiankui announced that a pair of gene-edited babies named Lulu and Nana were born in China in November, causing a stir.

Today, a year later, the MIT Technology Review disclosed some manuscripts submitted by He Jiankui to the top international journals Nature and JAMA, revealing some of the research details at the time, including many shocking information.

He Jiankui's manuscript exposure: How far is it from

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The MIT Technology Review states that two unpublished manuscripts submitted by He Jiankui to Nature and JAMA were received earlier this year, describing the birth of the first pair of gene-edited babies born in China last year. , And laboratory research on human and animal embryos.

This paper titled “The Birth of Gene Editing Anti-HIV Twins” is 4699 words long. The author is the Chinese biophysicist He Jiankui. One year ago, he was the gene editor of the twin girls who attracted worldwide attention .

The MIT Technology Review states that the two drafts were edited and submitted by He Jiankui to the two journals Nature and JAMA at the end of November 2018 and have not been published.

The manuscript states that genetic editing of the twins has achieved a medical breakthrough and can “control the AIDS epidemic”, but there is no data in the manuscript to show this result. This article largely ignores data elsewhere in the paper suggesting editorial errors.

The MIT Technology Review shared unpublished manuscripts with four experts, a legal scholar, an IVF doctor, an embryologist, and a gene editing expert. This manuscript published a negative attitude: