A six-year-old Chinese girl died last year after receiving an experimental gene-therapy to correct a non-life-threatening condition, according to an investigation by Science and Retraction Watch. The girl, given the pseudonym “Mei,” died a week after receiving a spinal infusion of trillions of viruses last March designed to penetrate the brain and fix a rare […]

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