{"id":68921,"date":"2018-11-27T01:52:15","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T00:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2018\/11\/27\/china-orders-inquiry-into-worlds-first-gene-edited-babies\/"},"modified":"2018-11-27T01:52:15","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T00:52:15","slug":"china-orders-inquiry-into-worlds-first-gene-edited-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=68921","title":{"rendered":"China orders inquiry into &#039;world&#039;s first gene-edited babies&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As experts cast doubt on supposed breakthrough, China\u2019s National Health Commission orders an \u2018immediate investigation\u2019Beijing has ordered an investigation into claims by a Chinese scientist to have created the world\u2019s first genetically edited babies, a move that would be a ground-breaking medical first but which has generated a barrage of criticism.A video posted on YouTube by university professor He Jiankui said the twin girls, born a few weeks ago, had had their DNA altered to prevent them from contracting HIV, prompting a heated debate among the scientific community. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/nov\/27\/china-orders-inquiry-into-worlds-first-gene-edited-babies\" target=\"_blank\">China orders inquiry into &#039;world&#039;s first gene-edited babies&#039;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As experts cast doubt on supposed breakthrough, China\u2019s National Health Commission orders an \u2018immediate investigation\u2019Beijing has ordered an investigation into claims by a Chinese scientist to have created the world\u2019s first genetically edited babies, a move that would be a ground-breaking medical first but which has generated a barrage of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}