In this Oct. 10, 2018, photo, scientist He Jiankui speaks during an interview in Shenzhen in southern Chinas Guandong province. Chinas government on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, ordered a halt to work by a medical team that claimed to have helped make the worlds first gene-edited babies. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Beijing: The second woman carrying a gene-edited foetus in China is now 12 to 14 weeks into her pregnancy, according to a US physician in close contact with the researcher who claimed to have created the world’s first genetically-modified babies last year.
Chinese scientist He Jiankui (pic) shocked the scientific community after revealing that he had successfully altered the DNA of twin girls born in November to prevent them from contracting HIV.
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