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In this Chinese name, the family name is Hè (贺). He Jiankui ( [xɤ̂ tɕjɛ̂nkʰwěɪ]; Chinese: 贺建奎; born 1984) is a Chinese biophysicist who was an associate professor in the Department of Biology of the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in Shenzhen, China.
Dec 30, 2019 · He Jiankui, the Chinese researcher who stunned the world last year by announcing he had helped produce genetically edited babies, has been found guilty of conducting "illegal medical practices" and sentenced to 3 years in prison.
The He Jiankui affair is a scientific and bioethical controversy concerning the use of genome editing following its first use on humans by Chinese scientist He Jiankui, who edited the genomes of human embryos in 2018.
Apr 4, 2022 · He Jiankui created shock waves in 2018 with the stunning claim that he’d altered the genetic makeup of IVF embryos and implanted them into a woman’s uterus, leading to the birth of twin...
Jun 8, 2023 · He Jiankui, who shocked the world in 2018 by announcing the creation of the first gene-edited babies, tells NPR he's now working on a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Feb 7, 2023 · He Jiankui gene-edited three babies in 2018 and 2019 and claims they are all doing well. Jiankui was sent to prison for three years in China for his unethical practices. The original goal...
Dec 30, 2019 · He Jiankui shocked the world in 2018 when he announced that twin girls Lulu and Nana had been born with modified DNA to make them resistant to HIV, which he had managed using the gene-editing...
Aug 1, 2019 · The Chinese couples, who were having fertility problems, gathered around a conference table to meet with He Jiankui, a SUSTech biophysicist. Then 33, He (pronounced "HEH") had a growing reputation in China as a scientist-entrepreneur but was little known outside the country.
He Jiankui was convicted of violating a government ban by carrying out his own experiments on human embryos, to try to give them protection against HIV. He was globally condemned...
Dec 30, 2019 · A Chinese scientist who claims to have created the world's first gene-edited babies has been sentenced to three years in prison. That is according to an announcement today from China's official...
