2026-07-23 21:59 UTC
“Seven days after the girl’s medical team infused trillions of viruses carrying the recipe for the base editor into her spinal fluid, she died of a severe immune reaction linked to the therapy…”
This is an important and tragic story. (It’s also an incredibly well reported one.)
#genetherapy #trials #ethics
https://www.science.org/content/article/exclusive-death-girl-chinese-gene-editing-trial-was-never-made-public
Replies (4)
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@blogdiva@mastodon.social 2026-07-23 22:01
@kakape@mas.to lawdhavemercy!
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@m_berberich@chaos.social 2026-07-24 04:18
@kakape@mas.to Allein, wenn ich schon sowas lese wie „infused trillions of viruses“ wachsen die Zweifel an der Wissenschaftlichkeit und Seriösität des Artikels… Das ist wie wenn in einem Fischrezepte steht: zehntausende Salzkristalle fallen auf den Heilbutt.
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@Feral_3D@mastodon.social 2026-07-24 06:09
@kakape@mas.to this is too much for me to read right now. It's heart breaking. I remember a time when something like this would make much larger waves.
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@failedLyndonLaRouchite@mas.to 2026-07-24 12:27
@kakape@mas.to yes, but 'trillions" is a bit of a clickbait word, if expressed in weight that would be a few milligrams, right (if that)