China Pushes Boundaries with Animal Testing to Win Global Biotech Race
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China is pushing the boundaries of animal testing in biotech research, sparking concerns about ethics and global competition, with some commenters questioning the implications and others seeing it as a natural progression of scientific research.
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SilverElfin
2 months ago
They seem to be on track to be biotech leaders. A lot of new experimental drugs are being developed by Chinese institutions and are surprising the community. It’ll be interesting where the ethics boundaries lie for them on things like artificial wombs or optimizing the genetics of embryos.
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2 months ago
https://archive.is/1bSuw
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