On: First human trials of designer protein therapies stun US neuroscientists

[scheme271]

Wasn't there just a post a few days ago about how Chinese researchers ignored a bunch of ethical and safety guidelines to run some of this research and ended up killing a girl?

The article just brushes aside that incident and seems to assume that because China is doing this experimentation, it's ahead in regards to gene therapy targeting the brain.

[HedonicEscal8r → scheme271]

"Multiple controlled trials" is quite different from an under-the-table, privately funded bespoke therapy for a single patient.

[fakedang → scheme271]

The article mentions that incident and links to it too.

[insane_dreamer → scheme271]

from the article:

> Several people died recently in early-stage gene therapy trials in China.