基因編輯嬰兒風波：賀建奎因「非法行醫」獲刑三年
Chinese Scientist Who Genetically Edited Babies Gets 3 Years in Prison
BEIJING — A court in China on Monday sentenced He Jiankui, the researcher who shocked the global scientific community when he claimed that he had created the world’s first genetically edited babies, to three years in prison for carrying out “illegal medical practices.”
北京——週一，中國一家法院以「非法行醫」罪名判處賀建奎三年有期徒刑，賀建奎是一名研究人員，此前因宣稱自己創造了世界首例基因編輯嬰兒而震驚了全球科學界。
In a surprise announcement from a trial that was closed to the public, the court in the southern city of Shenzhen found Dr. He guilty of forging approval documents from ethics review boards to recruit couples in which the man had H.I.V. and the woman did not, the state broadcaster China Central Television reported. Dr. He had said he was trying to prevent H.I.V. infections in newborns, but the state media on Monday said he deceived the subjects and the medical authorities alike.
據中央電視台報導，在一場非公開審判後發表的令人意外的聲明中，南部城市深圳的一家法院稱，賀建奎在招募丈夫感染HIV、而妻子健康的夫妻時，偽造了倫理委員會的批准文件。賀建奎曾表示，他試圖預防新生兒中出現的HIV病毒感染，但官方媒體週一表示，他欺騙了受試者和醫療機構。
Dr. He sent the scientific world into an uproar last year when he announced at a conference in Hong Kong that he had created the world’s first genetically edited babies — twin girls. On Monday, China’s state media said his work had resulted in a third genetically edited baby, who had been previously undisclosed.
去年，賀建奎在香港的一個會議上宣布自己創造了世界上首例經過基因編輯的嬰兒——一對雙胞胎女孩，令科學界嘩然。週一，中國官方媒體聲稱，他的行為導致了第三名基因編輯嬰兒的出生，該嬰兒此前未被公開。
Dr. He pleaded guilty and was also fined $430,000, according to Xinhua, China’s official news agency. In a brief trial, the court also handed down prison sentences to two other scientists who it said had “conspired” with him: Zhang Renli, who was sentenced to two years in prison, and Qin Jinzhou, who got one and a half years.
據中國官方通訊社新華社的報導，賀建奎承認罪行，並被罰款300萬元。在簡短的審判中，法庭還對另外兩名與其「同謀」的科學家進行宣判：張仁禮被判處有期徒刑兩年，覃金洲被獲刑一年六個月。
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Dr. He’s declaration made him a pariah among scientists and drew scrutiny to China’s scientific ambitions. Though Dr. He offered no proof and did not share any evidence or data that definitively proved he had done it, his colleagues had said it was possible that he had succeeded.
賀建奎宣稱自己創造基因編輯嬰兒一事使之成為了被科學家們唾棄的人，也引來了對中國科技野心的密切審視。儘管賀建奎沒有提供、也沒有分享任何證據或數據來確切證明他的確做到了，但他的同事表示，他可能是已經成功了。
During the Hong Kong conference, Dr. He said he used in vitro fertilization to create human embryos that were resistant to H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS. He said he did it by using the Crispr-Cas9 editing technique to deliberately disable a gene, known as CCR₅, that is used to make a protein H.I.V. needs to enter cells.
在香港那次會議上，賀建奎說，他使用體外受精的方式創造了對導致愛滋病的病毒HIV有抵抗力的人類胚胎。他還表示，通過使用Crispr-Cas9編輯技術，他有意使一個被稱為CCR₅的基因失效，該基因被用來製造一種HIV進入細胞所必須的蛋白質。
The international condemnation from the scientific community that followed Dr. He’s announcement came because many nations, including the United States, had banned such work, fearing it could be misused to create “designer babies” and alter everything from eye color to I.Q.
賀建奎發表聲明後，來自科學界的國際譴責隨之而來。因為包括美國在內，許多國家都禁止了這類工作，擔心它會被濫用於製造「設計師嬰兒」，改變他/她的一切，從眼睛顏色到智商。
Although it is not against the law to do so in China, the practice is opposed by many researchers there. China’s vice minister of science and technology said last year that Dr. He’s scientific activities would be suspended, calling his conduct “shocking and unacceptable.” A group of 122 Chinese scientists called Dr. He’s actions “crazy” and his claims “a huge blow to the global reputation and development of Chinese science.”
儘管在中國，這樣做並不違法，這種實踐仍然遭到了許多研究者的反對。中國科技部副部長去年表示，賀建奎的科研活動將被暫停，並稱他的行為「令人震驚不可接受」。122名中國科學家發表聯署聲明，稱賀建奎的行為「瘋狂」，並稱他的言論「對於中國科學在全球的聲譽和發展都是巨大的打擊」。
The court said the trial had to be closed to the public to guard the privacy of the people involved.
法院表示，為保護當事人的隱私，庭審不對公眾開放。
Dr. He’s whereabouts had been something of a mystery for the past year. After his announcement, he was placed under guard in a small university guesthouse in Shenzhen and he has made no statements since. But his conviction was a foregone conclusion after the government said its initial investigation had found that Dr. He had “seriously violated” state regulations.
