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Re read the article. It's not about the use of CRISPR but the lack of transparency in his operation. The couple gave a consent based on false info. They thought
by Arima11 8y ago
Re read the article. It's not about the use of CRISPR but the lack of transparency in his operation. The couple gave a consent based on false info. They thought their babies would receive a type of 'vaccination'.
- codyb 8y agoThis is what I thought the big issue was, that the parents were grossly misinformed and uniformed about what Dr. He was doing.
- dmix 8y agoIs there any good link with sources of what the patients were actually told? The original articles about this were pretty vague and only had the initial negative response from scientists who were against the whole thing. But I’m curious about the level of consent he got and what the AIDS organization was told when they helped him find his guinea pigs. If he really did say it was just a vaccination then regardless of what scientists think, he crossed a line no medical professional should take.
- neom 8y agoHe Jiankui did a Q&A in November, many of the questions people asked concerned the informed content process he used. The Q&A starts ~20 minutes in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLZufCrjrN0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLZufCrjrN0
- kanzure 8y agoI typed a transcript http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/human-genome-editing-summit/2018-hong-kong/jiankui-he-human-genome-editing/ http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/human-genome-editing-summi...