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TIL: He Jiankui, a Chinese biophysicist, misled doctors into implanting gene-edited embryos, claiming to make them HIV-resistant. In 2019, he was fined and sentenced to 3 years in jail for conducting "illegal medical practices" and violating Chinese regulations.

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