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Scientists Argue the US Ban on Human Gene Editing Will Leave It Behind

Posted on August 4, 2016 by Alex Pearlman for Motherboard

After a ban on germline editing, researchers say the US ‘is ceding its leadership in this arena to other nations.’ Continue reading Scientists Argue the US Ban on Human Gene Editing Will Leave It Behind→

Is It Ethical to Grow Human Organs Inside Animal Chimeras?

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Jonathan Hughes for Motherboard

Even if creating human-animal “chimeras” is not intrinsically wrong, is there an ethical problem in experimenting on and harvesting organs from a creature that is part-human? Continue reading Is It Ethical to Grow Human Organs Inside Animal Chimeras?→