Death by Experimentation: China's Gene Therapy Dark Side The latest incident in a series of questionable medical experiments has left the scientific community and the general public reeling.
A six year old girl, identified only as Mei, died after receiving experimental gene editing therapy at Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Xinhua Hospital last year.
Mei was undergoing treatment designed to correct a genetic mutation affecting her neurodevelopment. However, the therapy triggered a severe immune reaction that ultimately proved fatal.