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Two Researchers At Local Hospital Sentenced For Giving Secrets To China

By • Feb 2, 2021

Li Chen (L) and Yu Zhou
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Two former researchers at Children's Hospital in Columbus have been sentenced to prison for selling research to China.  

Yu Zhou and Li Chen will serve 30 months in prison. The two worked at separate labs from 2008 to 2018. The stolen research was used to treat medical conditions in premature babies, liver fibrosis, and liver cancer.  

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