{"id":1276286,"date":"2018-11-26T21:07:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T19:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/?p=1276286"},"modified":"2018-11-27T03:34:13","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T01:34:13","slug":"chinese-scientist-claims-worlds-first-genetically-modified-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/de\/2018\/11\/chinese-scientist-claims-worlds-first-genetically-modified-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Scientist Claims World\u2019s First Genetically Modified Babies"},"content":{"rendered":"

HONG KONG\u2014A Chinese scientist claims to have produced the world\u2019s first genetically modified babies, stirring alarm among doctors who warn such experiments using nascent DNA\u2026<\/b>
\nHONG KONG\u2014A Chinese scientist claims to have produced the world\u2019s first genetically modified babies, stirring alarm among doctors who warn such experiments using nascent DNA-editing technology pose too many health and ethical risks.
He Jiankui, an associate professor at Shenzhen-based Southern University of Science and Technology, said that he oversaw the pregnancy and the birth this month of twin girls designed to resist the HIV infection. They were the offspring of a healthy mother and a father infected with the deadly virus….<\/p>\n