Collaborate Disseminate
An international group of experts engaged with the ethical and regulatory problems facing gene editing and came to a surprising conclusion. Continue reading A Groundbreaking Report on Gene Editing Says We Shouldn’t Create Enhanced Humans
An international group of experts engaged with the ethical and regulatory problems facing gene editing and came to a surprising conclusion. Continue reading A Groundbreaking Report on Gene Editing Says We Shouldn’t Create Enhanced Humans
The Broad Institute granted Monsanto the first license allowing CRISPR/Cas9 to be used for agricultural products. Continue reading Monsanto Agrees to Use Gene-Editing Tool CRISPR Responsibly
The rich will be able to pay to live longer, healthier lives, and the poor might not. Continue reading We Risk Programming Inequality into Our DNA
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
A new survey from Pew Research Center underscores America’s technophobia. Continue reading Americans Are Afraid of Biohacking, Even When It’s Good For You
Scientists say pigs are the ideal mammal to transplant organs to humans. Continue reading This Pig Lung Is Pulsating with Human Blood
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?