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    Micro hot point gene editing baby case is adjudicated! He Jiankui was sentenced to 3 years for illegal medical practice

    • Last Update: 2019-12-30
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    Sentence! He Jiankui's baby case was pronounced! The court found out that since 2016, he Jiankui, former associate professor of South University of science and technology, learned that human embryo gene editing technology can obtain commercial benefits, that is, conspiring with Zhang Renli, a medical institution in Guangdong Province, and Qin Jinzhou, a medical institution in Shenzhen City, and knowing that it violates the relevant regulations and medical ethics of the state, still can bear and immunize AIDS by editing human embryo CCR5 gene Under the name of sick baby, human embryo gene editing technology, whose safety and effectiveness have not been strictly verified, is used in assisted reproductive medicine He Jiankui et al Fabricated ethical review materials, recruited many couples with HIV infected men to perform gene editing and assisted reproduction In the way of impersonation and concealing the truth, unknown doctors transplanted the gene edited embryos into the human body through assisted reproductive technology, resulting in two pregnancies and three gene editing babies The court held that the three defendants did not obtain the qualification to practice medicine, pursued fame and profits, deliberately violated the relevant regulations of the state on scientific research and medical management, crossed the bottom line of scientific research and medical ethics, and applied gene editing technology to human assisted reproductive medicine, thus disturbing the order of medical management The circumstances were serious, and their actions constituted the crime of illegal medical practice According to the facts, nature, circumstances and harm to the society of the three defendants, he Jiankui was sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of three years and a fine of three million yuan; Zhang Renli was sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of two years and a fine of one million yuan; Qin Jinzhou was sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of one year and six months, suspended for two years and a fine of 500000 yuan Due to the personal privacy of relevant personnel, the court did not open a court session to hear the case According to the person in charge of the court, during the trial, the public prosecution organ produced evidence such as material evidence, documentary evidence, witness testimony, expert opinion, inquest record, inspection record, audio-visual materials, electronic data, etc Three defendants pleaded guilty and repented in court, and defense lawyers appeared to defend the three defendants The family members of the defendant, representatives of the National People's Congress, members of the CPPCC, media reporters and representatives of the masses attended the sentencing The reporter also learned from relevant departments in Guangdong that after the "gene editing baby" incident, the Guangdong provincial Party committee and the provincial government attached great importance to it and quickly set up an investigation team to carry out the investigation, and published the investigation results in January 2019 At the same time, in accordance with relevant regulations, Guangdong Province has seriously dealt with and held accountable the units and personnel involved The administrative department of health and health has listed the relevant personnel involved in the "blacklist" of human reproductive technology violators and banned them from engaging in human assisted reproductive technology services for life The competent department of science and technology has made administrative treatment to the personnel involved in the case, such as life-long prohibition of their application for administrative approval of human genetic resources in China, life-long prohibition of their application for various types of scientific research projects at all levels and financial support The competent science and technology department and the administrative department of health and health respectively instruct the relevant units to improve the scientific research and medical management system and strengthen the supervision and management of relevant employees.
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