Gene-edited babies: Chinese scientist sentenced to 3 years in prison

A Chinese court has sentenced the Chinese scientist who claimed to have made the world's first genetically edited babies to three years in prison for illegally editing the genes of human embryos for reproduction, Chinese state media reported Monday.He Jiankui was also fined 3 million yuan ($429,500) for the crime, as a result of which three genetically edited babies were born, a court in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen said, according to Xinhua News Agency.The Nanshan District People's Court of Shenzhen handed down lesser sentences and fines to two of He's collaborators from two medic…READ FULL ARTICLE