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
Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection, the Human Genome Project, CRISPR—all were followed by grandiose claims of the imminent total control over life’s fundamental processes. Continue reading The Hype Around Medical Genetics Could Be Bad for the Public
Last week the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), which consists of 18 scientists and policy experts in various disciplines, issued a letter to President Obama on the potential emergence of new forms of bioterrorism.“… Continue reading Obama’s Science Advisors Are Worried About Future CRISPR Terrorism
Last week the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), which consists of 18 scientists and policy experts in various disciplines, issued a letter to President Obama on the potential emergence of new forms of bioterrorism.“… Continue reading Obama’s Science Advisors Are Worried About Future CRISPR Terrorism
Jennifer Doudna, one of the pioneers of the gene-editing technique, responds. Continue reading CRISPR Co-Creator Isn’t Super Psyched About the J. Lo ‘CRISPR’ Show
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
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?