The modifications, purportedly made with the gene-editing technology CRISPR/Cas9, were intended to confer immunity to HIV infection.
Hes genome-editing of living humans explicitly flouted Chinese law.
On Monday, Japanese news outlet The Mainichipublishedan interview with He Jiankui.
He Jiankui speaking during the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing at the University of Hong Kong in 2018.Image: S.C. Leung/SOPA Images/LightRocket (Getty Images)
At the same time, He also promised that his work is now fully on the up-and-up.
We will use discarded human embryos and comply with both domestic and international rules, He told The Mainichi.
Im proud to have helped families who wanted healthy children, He boasted.
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