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Unethical studies on Chinese minority groups are being retracted — but not fast enough, critics say
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Nature 625, 650-654 (2024)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00170-0
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Correction 05 February 2024: This story wrongly implied that Dennis McNevin was speaking about only China when he described the practice of police involvement in forensic population-genetics research.
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Update 05 February 2024: After publication of this article, Adnan Atif contacted Nature with more details about his role in a project to analyse the DNA of people from different ethnic groups in Xinjiang. He says that his role in the project was in “ensuring the accuracy and integrity of our research findings” and that “the complexities surrounding the ethical and political aspects of sample collection, particularly in international contexts, fall outside my purview”.
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