{"id":155335,"date":"2026-07-29T14:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T14:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155335"},"modified":"2026-07-29T14:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T14:00:14","slug":"is-chinas-biotech-boom-at-risk-fear-of-policy-backlash-after-death-in-gene-editing-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155335","title":{"rendered":"Is China\u2019s biotech boom at risk? Fear of policy backlash after death in gene-editing trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe death of a six-year-old girl after receiving an experimental gene-editing therapy has been described by scientists as a tragedy that highlights the need to improve trial safeguards.<br \/>\nBut some in the biotechnology industry fear Chinese policymakers may curtail the regulatory flexibility that scientists have long enjoyed in initiating clinical trials \u2013 a key mechanism behind China\u2019s competitive edge in frontier treatments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope this tragedy does not have a lasting negative impact on&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3362253\/chinas-biotech-boom-risk-fear-policy-backlash-after-death-gene-editing-trial?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe death of a six-year-old girl after receiving an experimental gene-editing therapy has been described by scientists as a tragedy that highlights the need&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155335"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155335\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}