6-Year-Old Girl Dies After $800,000 Gene-Editing Treatment In China, Probe On
2 sources·Updated July 27, 2026
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- Dawn World PK·1h agoChinese university investigating girl’s death in gene-editing trial
BEIJING: A Chinese university is looking into reports that a gene-editing trial caused the death of a six-year-old girl, which was not disclosed in the published research, the school said on Sunday. The girl, given the pseudonym “Mei”, died last year around a week after…
Read at Dawn World PK → - NDTV World·20h ago6-Year-Old Girl Dies After $800,000 Gene-Editing Treatment In China, Probe On
The girl, given the pseudonym "Mei", died a week after receiving a spinal infusion of trillions of viruses designed to penetrate the brain for treatment.
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