It's these two lines of thinking which combine distopicaly. Ultimately, this tech is going to belong to the rich who will be able to treat things like mortality as something to fix while the rest of ...

Three U.S. senators issued a resolution July 15 calling for the development of international ethical standards to govern gene editing research. The resolution was spearheaded by Sens. Dianne Feinstein ...

An ad hoc committee will plan and conduct a public workshop to examine challenges facing the use of animals in scientific research stemming from the widespread use of gene editing technologies, such ...

A multidisciplinary committee of experts studied the scientific underpinnings of human gene-editing technologies, their potential use in biomedical research and medicine -- including human germline ...

FLORENCE, Italy — With scientists on the verge of being able to manipulate genes before birth, questions about when it is ethical to use available technology and which risks are acceptable when ...

Vence L. Bonham Jr., Acting Deputy Director at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and an investigator in the National Human Genome Research Institute’s (NHGRI) Division of Intramural ...

A new video showing people casually discussing gene editing and designer babies is making waves because of its source: the government-funded group leading efforts to set standards for the ethically ...

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Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...

It's really hard to draw some arbitrary line in the sand. I do wonder if there was much debate back in the day about man-made antibiotics. It's very much in line with antivax thinking. I feel like ...