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Chinese university investigating girl's death in gene-editing trial
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Shanghai Jiao Tong University is investigating the death of a six-year-old girl who participated in an undisclosed gene-editing trial. The lead researcher allegedly published related animal study results without mentioning the human fatality.
The experimental gene therapy was meant to fix a rare genetic condition that caused a delay in cognitive development.
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