Chinese Geneticist, Allegedly Behind Gene-edited Babies, Reported to Be Under House Arrest

Chinese geneticist He Jiankui is reportedly under house arrest by the university he worked for in Shenzhen, southern China.
Chinese Geneticist, Allegedly Behind Gene-edited Babies, Reported to Be Under House Arrest
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Chinese researcher He Jiankui is reportedly under house arrest by the university he worked for in Shenzhen, southern China, following his return from a conference in Hong Kong.

He Jiankui, an associate professor at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUST) in Shenzhen, addressed a packed hall of around 700 people attending the Human Genome Editing Summit at the University of Hong Kong on Nov. 28.