Researcher Faces Investigation for Concealing 6-Year-Old Girl’s Death in Gene-Editing Trial

As Gizmodo tells it, researcher Zilong Qiu is now under investigation by his university, more than a year after a six-year-old girl likely died from his team's experimental gene-editing therapy. The inquiry centers on allegations that he concealed her death rather than disclosing it. Gene-editing trials in children remain a high-stakes area of medicine, where oversight and disclosure are critical.

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