Conflict of Interest in Scientific Research in China: A Socio-ethical Analysis of He Jiankui's Human Genome-editing Experiment

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Conflict of Interest in Scientific Research in China: A Socio-ethical Analysis of He Jiankui's Human Genome-editing Experiment

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University of Otago

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Extensive conflicts of interest (COI) at both individual and institutional levels are identifiable in scientific research and healthcare in China, as in many other parts of the world. A prominent new case from China is He Jiankui's experiment that produced the world's first gene-edited babies and that raises numerous ethical, political, socio-cultural, and transnational questions. Serious financial and other COI were involved in He's genetic adventure. Using He's infamous experiment as a case...

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Article

Date created

2020-06-01

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Nie, Jing-Bao / Xie, Guangkuan / Chen, Hua / Cong, Yali

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/20277

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Biomedical Social Sciences / Ethics / Life Sciences & Biomedicine / Medical Ethics / Science & Technology / Social Issues / Social Sciences / Social Sciences - Other Topics / Social Sciences, Biomedical

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