Why is he disgraced for modifying embryos? I feel like there’s something major im missing. These were women who were aware of the editing and one of the parents had HIV. Not sure why this is so unethical other than the whole pro life movement.
He intentionally dodged ethical review and the law, the consent forms he had the parents’ sign obfuscated the nature of the treatment, the experimental treatment offered no benefit over the currently used treatment to prevent HIV transmission from the father (sperm washing), the parents likely only agreed because the law prevented them from otherwise having biological children (IVF isn’t available to HIV+ patients in China), the high risk of modifying non-target genes was well known, and he knew that the gene he introduced is believed to be linked to neurological differences.
I thought the 2 babies he modified were healthy and with the family. Science fails all the time before success. Still not sure why we should hate this guy for pushing the boundaries. I guess I’m pro genetic editing.
Why is this disgraced and denounced genome-editing ethics-lacking guy being spammed so fucking much
I just checked, it’s all from the same account.
That’s what I’m wondering. I’m also wondering why he’s tweeting what he’s tweeting.
Is it him tweeting or someone posing as him?
That’s the real account. The joke account is Jiankui Him.
Why is he disgraced for modifying embryos? I feel like there’s something major im missing. These were women who were aware of the editing and one of the parents had HIV. Not sure why this is so unethical other than the whole pro life movement.
He intentionally dodged ethical review and the law, the consent forms he had the parents’ sign obfuscated the nature of the treatment, the experimental treatment offered no benefit over the currently used treatment to prevent HIV transmission from the father (sperm washing), the parents likely only agreed because the law prevented them from otherwise having biological children (IVF isn’t available to HIV+ patients in China), the high risk of modifying non-target genes was well known, and he knew that the gene he introduced is believed to be linked to neurological differences.
Because it didn’t work and he fabricated his research
I thought the 2 babies he modified were healthy and with the family. Science fails all the time before success. Still not sure why we should hate this guy for pushing the boundaries. I guess I’m pro genetic editing.
Science doesn’t lie about what happened in their notes