Scientist who edited babies' genes sentenced to three years in prison



Last year, a Stanford-trained scientist stunned the world by revealing that he had created the first genetically-edited babies using the CRISPR/Cas9 tool. Now, He Jiankui and two of his associates have been sentenced to three years in prison following a secret trial in China.

from https://www.engadget.com/2019/12/30/scientist-crispr-baby-gene-editing-prison/
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