As the AP reported on Wednesday, Zhang said in a post on the Chinese social network Weibo that the medical center where the lab is located has given him and his team permission to return and continue research for the time being.
The Shanghai Clinical Center for Public Health said Chang’s laboratory was closed for “security reasons” and for renovation
“Now team members can freely enter the lab again,” Chang wrote.
At the same time, the scientist said that he is discussing a plan to move the laboratory with the health center so that the work of the team is not disrupted.
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He published the result without the permission of the government
Virologist Zhang Jungchen mapped the genome of the coronavirus based on a sample taken at the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic from a patient from the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the infection was first recorded. He published the result without the permission of the Chinese government. Chang complains that since then, his workplace has faced constant obstacles.
On Monday, the scientist said in a post on the Internet that he and his team received an unexpected call from the authorities to evict the laboratory a few days ago, and security did not let him in over the weekend.
Since then, the researcher has been sitting on a cardboard box outside the entrance to the laboratory, at times in the rain, and his colleagues at the site unfurled a banner reading “We want to continue normal scientific work”. News of the protest spread quickly on Chinese social media.
The Shanghai Clinical Center of Public Health said Chang’s laboratory was closed for “security reasons” and for renovation.
According to the center, Chang’s team was given a different space for laboratory work. However, Chang countered that the offer of a new workplace came after the eviction and that the new lab did not meet the safety standards his team required.
According to The Guardian, the actions of the Chinese authorities show how the Chinese government continues to pressure scientists and tries to avoid a review of its procedure against covid-19 at the beginning of its spread.
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After Zhang and his team read the genome of the virus on January 5, 2020, they sent an alert to Chinese authorities, warning of its possible spread. But the next day they found the laboratory temporarily closed.
Zhang eventually made the genome public without seeking government permission, allowing the development of diagnostic tests and a vaccine. While Zhang was receiving accolades around the world, China began to prevent him from working with former colleagues and removed him from his position at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
The condemned Chinese scientist also returned to the laboratory
It is also worth recalling the story of another Chinese expert, He Jiankui, who spent three years behind bars for having participated in the creation of the first genetically modified children. He announced a month ago that he was returning to the lab to work on treatments for Alzheimer’s disease and other genetic diseases.
In an interview with the Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun, scientist Che said that he has returned to research on editing the human genome despite controversy over the ethics of artificially rewriting genes. According to some critics, this will lead to a demand for “designer babies”.
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