Parents Paid $860,000 for Gene Therapy; Their Daughter Died
Couple pay >$800k for a gene-editing therapy for their daughter. She died.
A six-year-old girl named Mei died after receiving an experimental gene-editing therapy at Xinhua Hospital in Shanghai. Her parents spent $860,000 hoping to fix a genetic mutation causing developmental delays, but the treatment triggered a fatal immune reaction. Despite the tragedy, the death was never publicly reported, raising serious concerns about regulatory oversight and safety protocols in China's biotech sector.
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