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2026-01-07 11:00 UTC

It's real. I knew about him already, but I didn't know about his tweets. https://xcancel.com/Jiankui_He/status/1912340929421406229 EDIT: Say what you want about his ethics, but the posts are pretty solid ngl https://xcancel.com/Jiankui_He/status/2008852281652044021#m

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@manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 2026-01-07 11:24

![](https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/fcfe9b6a-6cc8-416a-9336-7b72b2b9aa79.png) >He served as associate professor of biology at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, before his dismissal from the university in January 2019.[2][3][4] In November 2018, He announced that he had created the first human genetically edited babies,[5] twin girls who were born modified with HIV resistance in October 2018 and were known by their pseudonyms, Lulu and Nana. The announcement was initially praised in the press as a major scientific advancement.[6] However, following scrutiny on how the experiment was executed, he received widespread condemnation from the public and scientific community.[7][8][9] An investigation report showed that he raised money for his research to evade government and university research regulations.[10] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_Jiankui wow lol

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