Man Held in Cornell Theft Released From Jail
A researcher accused of stealing biological materials from Cornell University to take to his native China was released from jail, but he will be monitored electronically while his case is pending.
Yin Qingqiang had been held since his arrest July 28 at Syracuse Hancock International Airport, where security officers found more than 100 laboratory containers and a canister of liquid in his luggage.
Authorities allege that Yin, 38, a former postdoctoral research associate at Cornell, stole bacteria and yeast cultures for making an enzyme known as phytase, a livestock feed supplement.
Cornell has two patents pending and say the enzyme could be worth millions of dollars.
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