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He Jiankui

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He Jiankui's Degrees

PhD Physics Rice University
Bachelors Physics University of Science and Technology of China

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Areas of Specialization: Biophysics
Jiankui He is a biophysics researcher, former professor at Southern University of Science and Technology, and the creator of the first gene-edited babies. He earned a BS from the University of Science and Technology of China and a PhD from Rice University. While at Rice University, he began working with CRISPR, and throughout his career, has used CRISPR on human embryos, mice and monkeys.

He is the founder of two biotechnology companies, Direct Genomics and Vienomics Biotech. His most notable accomplishment, a successful gene-editing experiment, resulted in the birth of the very first gene-edited babies. His supposed intent was to protect the offspring of an HIV positive father from contracting the disease.

The reception to their announcement quickly went from exultant to ominous. The scientific community writ large condemned his research methods and felt that he had breached ethical and moral codes of conduct.

Having implanted gene-edited embryos in two different mothers, three genetically engineered children were born. The potential implications for the procedure on the future health and wellbeing of the children is not yet known.

Chinese authorities declared his work abominable and he was detained by the government for some time. He was later sentenced to three years in prison and a substantial fine.

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According to Wikipedia, He Jiankui is a Chinese biophysicist who was an associate professor in the Department of Biology of the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, China. Earning his Ph.D. from Rice University in Texas on protein evolution, including that of CRISPR, He learned gene-editing techniques as a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University in California.

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He Jiankui's Published Works

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Lineage Structure of the Human Antibody Repertoire in Response to Influenza Vaccination (2013) (311)
Structure and Response in the World Trade Network (2010) (89)
Heterogeneous diversity of spacers within CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats). (2010) (67)
Quantitative assessment of single-cell whole genome amplification methods for detecting copy number variation using hippocampal neurons (2015) (50)
Spontaneous emergence of modularity in a model of evolving individuals and in real networks. (2007) (48)
Current Challenges in the Bioinformatics of Single Cell Genomics (2013) (46)
Low-dimensional clustering detects incipient dominant influenza strain clusters (2010) (34)
Statistical analysis of mutant allele frequency level of circulating cell-free DNA and blood cells in healthy individuals (2017) (32)
Comprehensive analysis of the T-cell receptor beta chain gene in rhesus monkey by high throughput sequencing (2015) (25)
Erratum: Lineage structure of the human antibody repertoire in response to influenza vaccination (Science Translational Medicine (2013) 5 (193er8)) (2013) (21)
Hierarchical evolution of animal body plans. (2010) (20)
T Cell Repertoire Diversity Is Decreased in Type 1 Diabetes Patients (2016) (18)
Integrated sequencing of exome and mRNA of large-sized single cells (2018) (13)
Single molecule targeted sequencing for cancer gene mutation detection (2015) (12)
Virtual Pharmacist: A Platform for Pharmacogenomics (2015) (12)
Single molecule sequencing of the M13 virus genome without amplification (2017) (9)
Origins and evolutionary genomics of the novel 2013 avian-origin H7N9 influenza A virus in China: Early findings (2013) (6)
The Early Diagnosis in Lung Cancer by the Detection of Circulating Tumor DNA (2017) (5)
Quantitative comparison of single-cell sequencing methods using hippocampal neurons (2014) (3)
Low-dimensional clustering reveals new influenza strains before they become dominant (2010) (3)
High Throughput Sequencing of the Human Antibody Repertoire in Response to Influenza Vaccination (2012) (3)
Resequencing the Escherichia coli genome by GenoCare single molecule sequencing platform (2017) (3)
Single Molecule Sequencing of Cell-free DNA from Maternal Plasma for Noninvasive Trisomy Detection (2017) (1)
Single molecule sequencing of M13 virus genome without amplification (2017) (1)
Conclusive and perfect quantum state transfer with a single spin chain (2008) (1)
The minimum information for a qualified BioBrick (2012) (1)
Baseline mutation profiling of circulating cell-free DNA from healthy individuals to improve the detection accuracy of circulating tumor DNA in cancers. (2017) (1)
Long range haplotyping of paired-homologous chromosomes by single-chromosome sequencing of a single cell (2018) (1)
Baseline mutation profiling of 1134 samples of circulating cell-free DNA and blood cells from healthy individuals (2016) (1)
Spontaneous Emergence of Modularity in an Evolving System: Nucleation of Biology from Chemistry (2010) (0)
Heterogeneous diversity of spacers within CRISPR (2010) (0)
Early life was a generalist: protein modularity increase as evolution proceeds (2008) (0)
Prevalence of and Epidemic Spreading on Hierarchical Networks (2009) (0)
Long range haplotyping of paired-homologous chromosomes by single-chromosome sequencing of a single cell (2018) (0)
High Throughput Sequencing of the Human Antibody Repertoire in Response to Influenza Vaccination (58.14) (2012) (0)
Multi-Center Study of Resectable Lung Lesions by Ultra-Deep Sequencing of Targeted Genes in Plasma Cell-Free DNA to Assess Nodule Malignancy and Detect Lung Cancers (2018) (0)
PGWD: Integrating Personal Genome for Warfarin Dosing (2015) (0)
Integrated sequencing of exome and mRNA of large-sized single cells (2018) (0)
Personalized clinical data screening: Special issue on health informatics (2015) (0)
Conclusive quantum-state transfer with a single randomly coupled spin chain (2006) (0)
Spontaneous Emergence of Hierarchy in Biological Systems (2010) (0)
PGWD: Integrating Personal Genome for Warfarin Dosing (2015) (0)
MA 15.07 Consistency Analysis of Mutations in Tumor Tissue and Circulating Cell-Free DNA in Lung Cancer Patients Through next Generation Sequencing (2017) (0)
Multi-centre clinical study of cell-free DNA mutations in benign and malignant lung lesions. (2018) (0)
The Measurement of rho‐independent Transcription Terminator Efficiency (2012) (0)
4A.02 Confirmation of Pathological Diagnosis in Lung Cancer Patients by ctDNA Detection through Ultra-Deep Sequencing: Topic: Medical Oncology (2017) (0)
Statistical analysis of mutant allele frequency level of circulating cell-free DNA and blood cells in healthy individuals (2017) (0)

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