Federal authorities are sounding alarms across the academic community after a post-doctoral researcher was charged with allegedly smuggling E. coli into the United States and lying to investigators about it — the latest in a string of cases involving biological materials brought into the country under false pretenses.
According to Fox News, the researcher, identified as Youhuang Xiang, was in the U.S. on a visa when investigators say he received and concealed the biological agent shipped from China. Federal officials have not named the university involved.
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