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China spent a record 1.76 trillion yuan ($254 billion) on
research and development, and the country is catching up with the US's
investment in the same area, spurring a genetic arms race that has been
labeled "Sputnik 2.0" by Dr. Carl June, an immunotherapy specialist at the
University of Pennsylvania.
China has invested heavily in gene-editing technology, bankrolling research
into a number of world "firsts," including the first use of the gene-editing
tool CRISPR-Cas9 in humans in 2016 and the first reported use of gene-
editing technology to modify nonviable human embryos in 2015.
Last year, China spent a record 1.76 trillion yuan ($254 billion) on
research and development, and the country is catching up with the US's
investment in the same area, spurring a genetic arms race that has been
labeled "Sputnik 2.0" by Dr. Carl June, an immunotherapy specialist at the
University of Pennsylvania.
However, in a joint statement issued Monday, more than 120 Chinese
scientists condemned He's use of the CRISPR-Cas9 tool as a "huge blow" to
the reputation of Chinese biomedical research.
"It's extremely unfair to Chinese scientists who are diligent, innovative
and defending the bottom line of scientific ethics," they wrote, adding that
"directly experimenting on human is nothing but crazy ... as soon as a
living human is produced, no one could predict what kind of impact it will
bring, as the modified inheritable substance will inevitably blend into
human genome pool."
The Chinese government has also ordered an "immediate investigation" into He
's claims.
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The government investigation follows moves by both the hospital named in He'
s ethical approval documents, and the university he is affiliated with, to
deny involvement in the procedures.
In a separate development on Wednesday, Rice University said it was
investigating bioengineering professor Michael Deem after he was quoted in
media reports as having been involved with He's work.
Deem was He's adviser at Rice for more than three years and published three
papers with He.
"This research raises troubling scientific, legal and ethical questions,"
said Doug Miller, director of Rice University's media relations team. In a
statement, Miller said Rice had "no knowledge of this work." | l*******2
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