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And went into a coma before I could getto Philadelphia and see him, and died two daysafter...

And went into a coma before I could get
to Philadelphia and see him, and died two days
after my arrival, directly as a result of that gene therapy
experiment

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And went into a coma
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before I could get to Philadelphia
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and see him,
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and died two days after my arrival,
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directly as a result
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of that gene therapy experiment.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
38
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:19
Uploaded
Mar 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Diamond Docs

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A Chinese biophysicist disappears after developing the first designer babies, shocking the world and the entire scientific community, but an investigation shows he may not have been alone in his experiment to create "better" human...
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