Chinese scientist hits out at gene-edited babies claim Qiu Renzong, former vice president of the Chinese Ministry of Health's ethics committee, says that the Chinese science community has been damaged after Beijing ordered an investigation into claims by a Chinese scientist to have created the world's first genetically-edited babies, a move that would be a ground-breaking medical first but which has generated a barrage of criticism. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES from Qiu Renzong at the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing