据悉,研究人员们在受精卵中,通过基因编辑技术,对CCR5基因进行了修改。CCR5基因是HIV病毒入侵人体所需的主要辅助受体之一。理论上,如果这个基因出现变异或缺失,就有可能关闭HIV病毒入侵人体的大门,也就是说,基因编辑后,婴儿能够天生免疫艾滋病。
"The mother started her pregnancy by regular IVF with one difference. Right after sending her husband's sperm into her eggs, we also sent in a little bit of protein and instructions for gene surgery," said He, from Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, speaking in the video. "Lulu and Nana were just a single cell when the surgery removed the doorway through which HIV enters to infect people."
来自广东省深圳市南方科技大学的贺建奎在视频中说:“孩子的母亲通过常规试管婴儿技术受孕,但有一点不同的是,在我们将丈夫的精子注入卵子后,还注射了一点点蛋白质和指引信号去做基因手术。在露露和娜娜还是单细胞的时候,通过手术关闭了艾滋病毒感染的大门。”
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The Shenzhen Health and Family Planning Commission said on Monday that it had not received any ethical assessment application for the study, which is a prerequisite for such experiments.
深圳卫计委本周一表示,并未收到有关该项目的伦理审查报备,而这是开展此类实验的先决条件。
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