Previously jailed gene editing scientist Jiankui He was absent from a recent international genome editing summit, but his renewed activities are generating new concerns five years after the Chinese researcher shocked the world by announcing the birth of gene-edited babies.  

Jiankui He, the researcher behind China's world-shocking gene-edited babies scandal, now leaps into rare diseases research area but ethics oversight remain murky.

Beijing’s latest proposal to ban gene editing is viewed as a direct response to Washington’s tightening grip over the transfer of US technology to China.

Beijing’s latest proposal to ban gene editing is viewed as a direct response to Washington’s tightening grip over the transfer of US technology to China.