Funniest passage in the article which gives you an idea of who is shaping cutting edge biological research in the US;
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Mildred Cho, a Stanford University bioethicist on the committee, requested Penn describe the trial as “gene transfer” instead of “gene therapy,” which she says implied effective treatment, not experimentation. The investigators complied.
“We want to make sure everyone knows this is an experiment and not a cure,” says Laurie Zoloth, dean of the University of Chicago Divinity School and a bioethicist on the committee. “Especially with end-stage cancer, the intervention can be grueling. Experiments can fail, and in ways that can be terrible.”
Bioethicists, people who practice fake science, are making decisions in the US. While in China experiments are given the green light in an afternoon.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-unhampered-by-rules-races-ahead-in-gene-editing-trials-1516562360
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Mildred Cho, a Stanford University bioethicist on the committee, requested Penn describe the trial as “gene transfer” instead of “gene therapy,” which she says implied effective treatment, not experimentation. The investigators complied.
“We want to make sure everyone knows this is an experiment and not a cure,” says Laurie Zoloth, dean of the University of Chicago Divinity School and a bioethicist on the committee. “Especially with end-stage cancer, the intervention can be grueling. Experiments can fail, and in ways that can be terrible.”
Bioethicists, people who practice fake science, are making decisions in the US. While in China experiments are given the green light in an afternoon.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-unhampered-by-rules-races-ahead-in-gene-editing-trials-1516562360