Tue, 21-Oct-2025

China jails first ‘gene-edited’ babies scientist for 3 years

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BEIJING: A Chinese court sentenced the scientist who created the world’s first “gene-edited” babies to three years in prison on Monday, BOL News learnt. According to the official news agency, on charges of illegally practicing medicine the scientist who created the world’s first ‘gene-edited’ babies sentenced to 3 years in prison. He Jiankui was convicted … Read more

India to launch world’s first male contraceptive

A 78-year-old Delhi-based biomedical engineer Sujoy Guha invented the drug which is a single preloaded syringe shot into the tubes carrying sperm from the testicle to the penis, under local anesthesia. The non-hormonal, long-acting contraceptive, researchers claim, will be effective for 13 years. The clinical trials were then halted on the charge that Reversible Inhibition … Read more