The Chinese government might have provided funding that was used in a controversial project to genetically edit babies, according to documents obtained by STAT. Though it’s unclear whether government officials were paying close attention to how the money was used, the documents contradict China’s narrative of scientist He Jiankui as a rebel who acted alone and against the wishes of higher-ups.
Back in November, He Jiankui announced at a conference in Hong Kong that he had genetically edited twin girls using the CRISPR tool to make them more resistant to HIV. The international scientific community quickly condemned the actions, saying that not only was it ethically wrong, the editing itself was sloppy and may not have worked. At the…
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