On July 23, 2026, Science and Retraction Watch jointly disclosed that a 6-year-old girl died in March 2025 after undergoing a gene editing trial at Xinhua Hospital affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, and the paper published by the team afterward made no mention of this.
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光明网（转媒体报道）
2026-10-09 18:07 · 7月23日，国际顶级学术期刊《科学》与知名学术诚信监督平台撤稿观察（Retraction Watch）披露，一名6岁女童于2025年3月在上海交通大学医学院附属新华医院接受基因编辑试验后死亡。
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2026-10-09 18:07 · 《科学》（Science）期刊近日指，中国一名6岁女童2025年在上海交通大学医学院附属新华医院接受仇子龙研究团队的基因编辑疗法试验后死亡。
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Science and Retraction Watch reveal death of 6-year-old girl after gene editing trial at Xinhua Hospital in Shanghai
2026.07.23 · Reported
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