Rogue Chinese geneticist jailed for his role in creation of gene-edited babies
Team leader He Jiankui sentenced to three years with another two researchers sent to prison
He Jiankui, the Chinese researcher who claimed to have created the world’s first gene-edited children, has been sentenced to three years in prison and fined 3 million yuan (£327,000) by a Chinese court. According to the official state Chinese news agency Xinhua, the former associate professor at the Southern University of Science and Technology was convicted of illegal medical practice.