Chinese scientist who claims he created world's first gene-edited babies is missing amid rumours of arrest

• He Jiankui's whereabouts remain unknown after Hong Kong summit last week
  
  Reports say He was placed under house arrest in Shenzhen after the conference
  
  But former workplace say detention claims are inaccurate without elaborating
  
  Scientist modified the DNA of twins to make them resistant to infection with HIV

The whereabouts of Chinese scientist He Jiankui, who claims to have created the world's first gene-edited babies, remain unknown amid rumours that he has been arrested.

Reports claimed He was placed under effective house arrest in Shenzhen after making an appearance at the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing in Hong Kong last Wednesday.

However, claims of He's detention were dismissed by his former-employer, Southern University of Science and Technology, according to South China Morning Post. The university declined to elaborate further.


Chinese scientist He Jianjui speaks at the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing at the University of Hong Kong on Wednesday. His whereabouts remain unknown after the summit, according to media reports


He presents his work on DNA manipulation during the conference in Hong Kong


The scientist sparked global controversy last week when he announced in a YouTube video that he had successfully used a gene-editing tool to modify the DNA of two embryos.

Apple Daily on Sunday reported that the scientist had been brought back to Shenzhen by the university's president, Chen Shiyi. The two also had a six-hour meeting on He's controversial research.

Chen is currently under house arrest on campus, the report said, adding that there were security personnel standing guard on university grounds.

When asked about He's reported arrest, a spokeswoman for the Shenzhen-based university said: 'Right now nobody's information is accurate, only the official channels are.'


Zhou Xiaoqin, left, and Qin Jinzhou, an embryologist who were part of the team working with scientist He Jiankui, view a time lapse image of embryos on a computer screen at a lab in Shenzhen in south China's Guangdong province


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