The United States on Dec. 16 slapped trade and investment restrictions on dozens of Chinese entities over their role in weaponizing biotechnology and other U.S. innovations to bolster the Chinese military and to further its human rights abuses. Among the 34 Chinese entities targeted was the Academy of Military Medical Sciences—China’s top medical research institute…
US Blacklists Dozens of Chinese Biotech Firms That Aid Military, Including for ‘Brain-Control Weaponry’
Monkey-Brain Study With Link to China’s Military Roils Top European University
SYDNEY/COPENHAGEN—A Chinese professor at the University of Copenhagen conducted genetic research with the Chinese military without disclosing the connection, the university told Reuters, in the latest example of how China’s pursuit of military-civilian technology is tapping into Western academia in the strategically sensitive area of biotechnology. The professor, Guojie Zhang, is also employed by Shenzhen-based…
2 Founders and One Top Investor of Moderna Make It to Forbes Wealthiest List
Two founders of Moderna and one of the top investors in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology company have made it to Forbes’s list of the wealthiest people in the United States after developing COVID-19 vaccines that have been used throughout the globe. While the rest of the world struggled with a crumbling economy, job losses, and financial hardship, the 400 wealthiest…
2 Founders and 1 Top Investor of Moderna Make It to Forbes Wealthiest List
Two founders of Moderna and one of the top investors in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology company have made it to Forbes’s list of the wealthiest people in the United States after developing COVID-19 vaccines that have been used throughout the globe. While the rest of the world struggled with a crumbling economy, job losses, and financial hardship, the 400 wealthiest…
Male Rats Giving Birth Shows Need to Regulate Biotechnology
Biotechnology is being harnessed to accelerate social-revolutionary policies and cross what were once immutable. moral boundaries. The latest example occurred in China—where scientific ethics go to die. Here’s the story: Two Shanghai-based researchers surgically attached male and female rats. They then transplanted uteruses into male rats and ensured that the females’ blood nurtured the organs…
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