A Chinese court on Monday sentenced the doctor who claimed to be behind the world's first gene-edited babies to three years in
prison for illegal medical practice, state media reported.
Zhang Renli was handed a two-year jail term and fined one million yuan while Qin Jinzhou was given 18 months, suspended for two years, and fined 500,000 yuan.
The trio had not obtained qualifications to work as doctors and had knowingly violated China's regulations and ethical principles, according to the court verdict, Xinhua said.