CHINESE SCIENTIST FACES PROBE AFTER GIRL, 6, DIES ‘FOLLOWING EXPERIMENTAL GENE THERAPY’

A leading Chinese scientist is under investigation by his university after a six-year-old girl reportedly died following experimental gene-editing therapy. The girl, named Mei, died days after receiving a treatment designed to correct a genetic mutation affecting her neurodevelopment in March last year, according to a report published by Science following a joint…

News - South China Morning Post reports that a leading Chinese scientist is under investigation by his university after a six-year-old girl reportedly died following experimental gene-editing therapy.

The report adds: The girl, named Mei, died days after receiving a treatment designed to correct a genetic mutation affecting her neurodevelopment in March last year, according to a report published by Science following a joint…

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