Kunming elementary school students study gene knockout awards questioned the official: the son of the researcher has been involved in the investigation
China News Service, Kunming, July 13th (Reporter Hu Yuanhang) A primary school student in Kunming won a prize for his research on colorectal cancer gene knockout. The Kunming Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences responded on the 13th that after preliminary verification, the students of the winning project were the sons of the researchers of the institute. At present, the Institute has established an investigation team to conduct an in-depth investigation.
Recently, an award-winning work called "C10orf67 in the function and mechanism of colorectal cancer development" in the National Youth Science and Technology Innovation Contest has attracted widespread attention. Some netizens pointed out that the parents of the pupils involved were researchers from the Kunming Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and questioned whether the children might have completed the research with the help of their parents.
On the 13th, the Kunming Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported that after preliminary verification, the students of the winning project were the sons of researchers at the Kunming Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In response to this matter, the Kunming Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has attached great importance to it and has established an investigation team to conduct an in-depth investigation. Follow-up will promptly feed back the relevant investigation results to the society. (Finish)