El aclamado biólogo Xu Xianzhong regresa a China tras las detenciones en su laboratorio de EE. UU.

El aclamado biólogo Xu Xianzhong ha regresado a China y se ha incorporado a la Academia de Investigación y Traducción Médica de Shenzhen como investigador principal. Su traslado se produce tras la detención, el año pasado, de tres investigadores de su antiguo laboratorio en la Universidad de Michigan por cargos de contrabando.

Xu, miembro de la Asociación Estadounidense para el Avance de la Ciencia, se ha unido al Instituto de Bioarquitectura y Biointeracciones de la academia. Anteriormente, llevó a cabo investigaciones en la Universidad de Michigan.

Tres investigadores de su laboratorio fueron detenidos a finales del año pasado. Fueron acusados de conspiración para contrabandear material biológico hacia los Estados Unidos, según el Departamento de Justicia de EE. UU. Uno de los investigadores fue acusado adicionalmente de realizar declaraciones falsas ante los agentes de aduanas y protección fronteriza.

En una declaración de noviembre, la entonces fiscal general Pamela Bondi señaló que los investigadores formaban “aparentemente parte de un patrón prolongado y alarmante de actividades delictivas cometidas por ciudadanos chinos bajo la fachada de la Universidad de Michigan”. Las denuncias penales indicaron que dos de los investigadores recibieron múltiples envíos de material biológico oculto relacionado con lombrices intestinales provenientes de China.

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