Probes Open Into Gene-Editing Paper After 6-Year-Old’s Death
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Nature is reviewing concerns about a February paper from Shanghai Jiao Tong University describing preclinical gene-editing work for SNIBCPS after a 6-year-old girl died from an immune reaction to the therapy; the death and the family’s funding were not disclosed in the manuscript, prompting an Editors’ Note and an investigation by the university. The case has drawn international media attention and ongoing scrutiny of the study’s data and disclosures.
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