Center for Genetics and Society - Marcy Darnovsky on Initiative Radio with Angela McKenzie

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By Eric Schmidt, TIME | 04.16.2024

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Imagine a world where everything from plastics to concrete is produced from biomass. Personalized cell and gene therapies prevent pandemics and treat previously incurable genetic diseases. Meat is lab-grown; enhanced nutrient grains are climate-resistant. This is what the future could...

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A Jim Wilson start-up will conduct the first FDA-approved tests of a form of gene editing in infants

By Harold Brubaker, The Philadelphia Inquirer | 04.04.2024

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Acompany started by University of Pennsylvania scientist Jim Wilson has received FDA approval to test a form of gene editing in infants for the first time in the United States, the company said Thursday.

The Plymouth Meeting company, iECURE, is...

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Mexico smacks US over GM corn and glyphosate

By Carey Gillan, UnSpun | 03.18.2024

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A Mexican standoff with the United States turned into a Mexican smack-down this month with the release of Mexico’s formal rebuttal to US efforts to overturn limits Mexico has ordered on the use of genetically modified (GM) corn and the...

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U.S. Must Move ‘Decisively’ to Avert ‘Extinction-Level’ Threat From AI, Government-Commissioned Report Says

By Billy Perrigo, TIME | 03.11.2024

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The U.S. government must move “quickly and decisively” to avert substantial national security risks stemming from artificial intelligence (AI) which could, in the worst case, cause an “extinction-level threat to the human species,” says a report commissioned by the U.S...

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Center for Genetics and Society - Marcy Darnovsky on Initiative Radio with Angela McKenzie

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