Bébé génétiquement modifié: la communauté scientifique est inquiète

Depuis qu'un scientifique a annoncé que des bébés génétiquement modifiés étaient nés, la communauté scientifique réagit vigoureusement. Si on souhaite modifier le bagage génétique pour éviter des souffrances aux enfants, il faut se poser beaucoup de questions sur la démarche et son encadrement. Certains pays seront peut-être moins scrupuleux que d'autres dans le respect de cet encadrement.

 "The intrigue: There’s a lot we still don’t know about He’s work, and that’s also contributing to an attitude of skepticism.

How many embryos did he edit and implant before these live births?

How will he know it worked? As the children age, they’ll likely have their blood drawn and those samples will be exposed to HIV in a lab, but researchers aren’t going to tell them to go out and have unprotected sex or use intravenous drugs — another reason HIV seems like an odd starting place for human gene editing.

How did this even happen? The university where He worked said he was on leave, and Chinese officials have said he’s under investigation. But gene editing is a pretty hard thing to freelance"

https://www.axios.com/genetic-editing-baby-china-ethics-controversy-b33f8414-8b83-445c-bad5-d8407f8841f4.html