Lawmakers Worry Chinese Researchers, Shadow Labs, Stealing US Genomic Data
Executive Summary
US Senators are speaking out about the ongoing FBI investigations into Chinese researchers accused of using National Institutes of Health (NIH) genetic testing research and grants and stealing US institutions’ intellectual property to establish “shadow laboratories” in China with access to Americans’ genomic data.
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