Public Attitudes toward Gene Therapy in China
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Jiang-Hui Wang,1,2,21 Rong Wang,3,21 Jia Hui Lee,1 Tiara W.U. Iao,4 Xiao Hu,5 Yu-Meng Wang,4 Lei-Lei Tu,6 Yi Mou,7 Wen-Li Zhu,8 Ai-Yong He,9 Shen-Yu Zhu,10 Di Cao,4 Lei Yang,11 Xiao-Bo Tan,12 Qing Zhang,8 Guan-Lu Liang,13 Shu-Min Tang,4 Ye-Di Zhou,14 Li-Jun Feng,15 Li-Jun Zhan,16 Nan-Nan Tian,8 Ming-Jie Tang,17 Ya-Ping Yang,18 Moeen Riaz,1,2 Peter van Wijngaarden,1,2 Gregory J. Dusting,1,2 Guei-Sheung Liu,1,2,19,20 and Yan He14,20
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