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News report describing the public claim by researcher He Jiankui about the birth of gene-edited twins with a modified CCR5 gene intended to confer resistance to HIV and the immediate scientific and ethical reactions surrounding the announcement during the 2018 genome editing summit in Hong Kong.
Year: 2018
Date of publication: November 26, 2018
Location: Hong Kong, China
Topic: Human genome editing and bioethics
Document type: News article
Publication: Science
Author: Dennis Normile
Individuals mentioned: He Jiankui; Anthony Fauci; Pablo Tebas; Julian Savulescu; Sarah Chan; Jennifer Doudna; Richard Hynes; Alta Charo
Organizations: Southern University of Science and Technology; Chinese Society for Cell Biology; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; University of Pennsylvania; University of Oxford; University of Edinburgh; University of California, Berkeley; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Scientific technique: CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing
Biological target: CCR5 gene in human embryos
Context event: International Summit on Human Genome Editing
Subjects of research: Gene-edited twin girls referred to as Lula and Nana
Research aim stated: Introduction of CCR5 mutation associated with resistance to HIV infection
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