Dr He Jiankui was charged with illegally practicing medicine in China as he faced a backlash from fellow scientists following his claims that he had changed the genes of twin girls
A scientist who created the world's first "gene-edited" babies - sparking an uproar in the scientific community - has been sentenced to three years in jail.
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