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Why do some people question that primary school students won the national research gene award?
On July 12, Shi Yin, a sixth-grade student of Panlong Primary School in Kunming, Yunnan Province, won the National Youth Science and Technology Innovation Award for studying the role and mechanism of mutant genes in the occurrence and development of colorectal cancer, which was widely spread on social media. Some netizens pointed out that this level of scientific research is far beyond the cognitive scope of a sixth-grade primary school student. "There must be serious academic corruption behind it, calling for strict investigation."

Li Ling, a doctoral student in a 985 university, said that according to Chen's experimental records, he didn't even know what genes were at first. "How can a child who doesn't even know what genes are understand the direct relationship between gene fragments and cancer?"

On the community forum, some netizens commented, "Niu, go directly to the Chinese Academy of Sciences to study for a doctorate. This has to be done in the laboratory, listening to reports since childhood. The key is to have a fanatical interest in achieving it. " "This is what parents study. This article is probably the level of a master of medicine student. "

The well-known medical media account "Lilac Garden" commented, "Throughout the entire award-winning project, both the concept of the project and the specific experimental design in the later period are generally equivalent to the scientific research level of a master or even a doctoral student."

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The parents of the award-winning students are researchers from China Academy of Sciences.

There are rumors on the Internet that Chen's parents are two researchers from the tumor signal transduction research group of Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Chen completed the research with the help of his parents.

Some researchers wrote that the National Science Review published a research result on 20 19. Researchers from Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences have compared and analyzed the personalities and * * * characteristics of several domestic animals adapted to the genetic mechanism of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and identified a new hypoxia pathway gene C 10orf67.

According to the introduction of this paper, C 10orf67 is a positive selection gene related to hypoxia tolerance, which can reduce the apoptosis rate of cells under hypoxia conditions, and it is considered that C 10orf67 may play a potential role in the occurrence and development of tumors. It is worth noting that the authors of the relevant papers are two researchers from Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, who are accused of being Chen's parents.

On July 13, the upstream journalist repeatedly called the office phones of two researchers of Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, who were accused of being Chen's parents, but no one answered, and no reply was received when the relevant interview email was published.

On July 13, the upstream journalist contacted the Organizing Committee of the National Youth Innovation Competition, and the other party said that the relevant information should be contacted with the Organizing Committee of Yunnan Division. The organizing committee of Yunnan Division said that the authority to be interviewed is in Yunnan Association for Science and Technology.

The relevant person in charge of the Youth Innovation Competition of Yunnan Association for Science and Technology said that they have noticed the relevant public opinion discussion, but they have not further explained it at present. "Chen's defense passed the competition last year, and Yunnan recommended his project to the national competition."

Relevant persons of Yunnan Association for Science and Technology did not respond positively to questions such as whether there was academic fraud in related competitions that the public cared about.

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