Good evening everyone. The storm of "gene edited babies" in
is still continuing. Judging from the current responses from all parties, it seems that no one is willing to be related to this so-called "first case".
Informed consent form was exposed
According to the Beijing News, the reporter found an informed consent form for volunteers participating in the experiment on the official website of He Jiankui's laboratory of Southern University of Science and Technology on the 27th. According to the informed consent form, the project funding comes from Southern University of Science and Technology, and the project aims to "produce" immune HIV babies. The research team will conduct a healthy follow-up of the babies for at least 18 years. In the supplementary notes to informed consent form, the research team developed an 18-year health follow-up program for "gene edited infants". The informed consent form mentioned that the reason for this is that there are uncertainties in gene editing technology, such as off-target effects, efficacy and durability.
In addition, the project team bears the test cost of each couple of 280,000 yuan. Volunteers who withdraw from the project without reason need to repay all funds provided by the project team before. There are uncertain elements in
, so you dare to use them on newborns...
Continue to clarify
Recently, the world's first gene-edited baby has caused great controversy. The Shenzhen Health and Family Planning Commission has stated that it will conduct an ethical investigation on the hospital involved in Shenzhen Hemei Hospital. In response, Hemei Medical issued a statement to clarify that Shenzhen Hemei Hospital has never participated in any experimental link in the "gene edited baby" incident mentioned by He Jiankui and his research team on the Internet, and the baby mentioned in the incident was not given birth at Shenzhen Hemei Hospital.
In addition, a faculty member at Rice University in the United States was involved in a gene-edited baby incident. On Monday, Rice University claimed that it had launched a comprehensive investigation into the matter. Rice University said in a statement that it was not aware of this incident in advance. No matter what, such research violates the scientific code of conduct and does not conform to the ethical standards believed in by the scientific community and Rice University.
and the academic community has also raised objections.
continues to oppose
According to Science Network, 140 AIDS research professionals issued public statements. In the statement, the researchers strongly oppose the genetic modification and editing of human healthy fertilized eggs and embryos based on the unproven safety and effectiveness. The researchers also called on relevant policies and regulatory departments to strictly prohibit the further implementation of relevant human experiments, fully protect the personal privacy and legitimate rights and interests of the infants and families, and formulate and optimize the guidelines and management measures for the application of gene editing technology in humans and organisms as soon as possible.
In addition, The Paper reported that at the Second International Summit of Human Genome Editing, Qiu Renzong, an 86-year-old ethics expert from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, described gene editing as "just like anti-aircraft guns hitting mosquitoes, touching the bottom line of ethics."
The person behind this technology tomorrow - He Jiankui will attend the second International Summit of Human Genome Editing. I wonder how this matter will end.
is added to three news related to e-commerce companies.
mutual protection or mutual treasure?
Alipay announced today that the previous mutual insurance "mutual insurance" was upgraded to "mutual treasure". In addition to the name change, Mutual treasure will no longer be connected to "Xinmei Life Mutual Insurance Society Mutual Insurance Group Severe Care Medical Insurance", and Mutual treasure management fee will be reduced from the original 10% to 8%. ‘’
Alipay said in the announcement that recently, Alipay received a notice from its partner Xinmei Mutual. Due to the interview with regulatory authorities, Xinmei Mutual cannot continue to sell the "Xinmei Life Mutual Insurance Society Mutual Insurance Group Critical Disease Insurance" in the name of the "Mutual Insurance and Severe Illness Mutual Aid Plan".
The first insurance for young people?
Pinduoduo was removed from the shelves?
Today, Pinduoduo App disappeared from the Apple App Store. Searching for "Pinduoduo" in the App Store can only search for "Pinduoduo Merchant Version". The official QR code download also shows that the App is not available. According to Sina Technology, it is because there is a technical bug in the latest version of iOS client (buyer version), which has caused it to be removed from the shelves in the short term. Pinduoduo has now contacted Apple's official website and will be released as soon as possible after an emergency repair.Now Apple users can still download the "Pinduoduo Merchant Version" normally.
Not only that, today the Apple App Store suspended the download of 718 Chinese apps, including Pinduoduo, Sogou Map, Sogou Navigation, Tuhu Car Maintenance, Book Chasing Artifact, iFlytek Reading, Yuepao Circle, etc.
Pinduoduo is removed from the shelves, and JD.com is “laid off employees” there.
JD layoffs on a large scale?
days ago, a user certified as a JD employee on the Internet said that JD is laying off employees on a large scale. Some netizens also said that they plan to lay off unmarried and unborn women and newcomers in probation period as backups for layoffs.
In response to the recent online rumors about "JD layoffs", JD officially issued a statement in response that JD regularly conducts performance evaluations and talent inventory for all personnel every year, and adjusts and optimizes jobs for those whose performance does not meet the requirements. JD.com said that these rumors have been deliberately exaggerated and distorted, and even some self-media have been widely circulated in an organized manner, which has caused serious damage to JD.com's goodwill. Evidence has been collected and reported to the public security organs.
can only say that JD.com’s current situation is too sensitive.
Follow WeChat, which has a close relationship with JD.com:
The collision between "Japanese WeChat" and WeChat
WeChat Pay and LINE Pay held a press conference in Tokyo, Japan today, announcing that the two parties will cooperate to jointly promote mobile payment in Japan. After the cooperation is reached, LINE Pay also provides merchants with the ability to collect additional payments from Chinese tourists because of its integrated WeChat payment, which will attract more Japanese merchants to access mobile payment. Japanese merchants can provide LINE Pay payment methods to Japanese users through a QR code, and can also provide WeChat payments to Chinese tourists. At the same time, Japanese merchants can enter digital operations with extremely low thresholds without purchasing electronic cash register equipment such as code scanning guns.
The two parties reached a strategic cooperation and Line's stock price rose sharply on Tuesday after providing mobile payment services in Japan.
Next is not good news.
Is there still a future for Faraday future?
According to The Paper, Evergrande Faraday Future employees in Beijing, China revealed that Evergrande Faraday Beijing Company has defaulted on property fees and the company's office has not had heating for the past half month, which has caused many employees to catch a cold due to freezing, but the employees still stick to their posts.
Currently, Evergrande and Faraday Future founder Jia Yueting were in a dispute. It was reported that because Jia Yueting violated the regulations on return investment when he was a shareholder of LeTV (Document No. 37 of the Administration of Foreign Exchange), FF China's foreign exchange account was frozen. This has led to the inability of Evergrande to settle foreign exchange in China to support FF's business in China, and even employees' salaries cannot be paid. To this day, Evergrande's unsecured loans can only maintain operations.
Who can give FF a future...
The follow-up of the two cases
Weibo account @Fujian Procuratorate released a message that after review, the People's Procuratorate of Quangang District, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province decided in accordance with the law to approve the arrest of Chen Moushan, Liu Moushan, Xu Mouqing, and "Tiantong No. 1" chemical ship operators Lin Mouding and Ye Moubiao for suspected lying to report safety accidents; Huang Mouren, the legal representative of Donggang Petrochemical Company and Chen Moufang, the executive deputy general manager, approved the arrest of Chen Moufang for suspected lying to report safety accidents.
In November last year, it was revealed that a kindergarten teacher beat the child and forced the object suspected to be mustard. In September this year, the Changning District People's Court of Shanghai held a public hearing on the case of defendants Zheng, Liang, Wu, Liao, Tang, Zhou, Lan, Shen, and Ji committing abuse of the careder. All eight defendants expressed their guilt in court and remorse. Today, the Changning District People's Court of Shanghai announced the first instance verdict, and all eight defendants were sentenced to prison for committing abuse of the caregiver.
Wishing world peace...
Sky-high pay is to be rectified
According to the official website of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, on November 27, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television held a national radio, television and online audio-visual art program management video conference in Beijing. Director Nie Chenxi emphasized the need to strengthen the coordinated management of radio, television and online art positions, continue to maintain a high-pressure situation in rectifying prominent problems such as star chasing, star speculation, pan-entertainment, high-priced pay, and fraud of viewership (click rate), and increase punishment.
applauds.
"Is it the same root"?
According to the official website of Beijing Haidian Court, because it believed that Beijing Hongbang Junda Technology Co., Ltd.'s use of "Waqutoutiao" as its App and official website name constituted unfair competition, the "QuToutiao" App operator Shanghai Jifen Culture Communication Co., Ltd. sued the company to the court, demanding that it immediately stop using "Waqutoutiao" as its software name or its official website name, eliminate the impact and compensate for economic losses and reasonable expenses of 1.5 million yuan. Recently, the Haidian Court accepted the case. The name
is also copied...
is a social news below. Can the
test also be "weighted"?
htmlOn November 27, the Zhejiang Provincial Education Examination Institute released an explanation on the new college entrance examination English scores on its official website. Previously, according to media reports, on November 24, the 2018 second half of the academic examination results of Zhejiang Province were released. Some candidates said that their grades were abnormal, and even deducted points for compositions and negative points. Parents of students said they speculated that grade fluctuations were related to the marking of the papers, but there was no clear evidence. Zhejiang Provincial Education Examinations Institute responded: It has intervened in the investigation.The description says that the Zhejiang Provincial College Entrance Examination English subjects are scheduled to take two exams a year, and candidates can apply for the exam twice, and choose the higher scores. The English subject examination that just ended in November 2018 was too difficult and was subject to weighted scores. Other test questions have not been adjusted.
How to balance and fairness is important...
Apple's butterfly effect
Sina Technology reported that two subsidiaries of Foxconn plan to lay off 155 employees in the next three months. These employees are currently working in a factory in Wisconsin Plains. According to the notice, the two companies intend to lay off their employees at 1581 St. Perry Road, Plain City to "adjust our commercial and production targets." Layouts involve manufacturing and assembly workers and related office staff. The factory will still operate normally after the layoffs, but Foxconn did not clearly mention the number of employees remaining after the layoffs.
Tesla is also having a hard time.
Tesla's transcript
China Passenger Car Market Information Joint Conference revealed on Tuesday that Tesla only sold 211 electric cars in China in October this year. Its data showed that Tesla's sales in China fell 70% in October compared with the same period last year. Last week, Tesla announced that it had lowered its price price for Model S and Model X models sold in China, down 12% to 26%. Tesla said it hopes that through this price adjustment, more Chinese consumers can own Tesla products.
still can't afford it...
Google and EU
Phoenix Technology reported that after being accused of abuse of tools to track user locations by European consumer organizations, Google faces the risk of heavy fines being imposed by EU-strengthening data protection agencies. Seven European consumer groups said Tuesday they would complain to their respective national regulators, which have the right to fine a company with a maximum annual revenue of 4% in the worst case. These consumer organizations say Google collects data that can disclose a large amount of user information, not just their location, but also information such as political tendencies or sexual orientations. Good night everyone.
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