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End of the Future of Humanity

By Pete Shanks | 04.25.2024

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Not the species, certainly, but the Institute of that name, which was founded by transhumanist philosopher Nick Bostrom in 2005 as a research group at Oxford University. According to a recently posted Final Report, its goal was “to pursue the big questions in a transdisciplinary way” by pulling together “researchers from disciplines such as philosophy, computer science, mathematics, and economics.” This evolved before long into the study and promotion of “effective altruism” and “longtermism” as...

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Verve Halts Trial for Lead Gene Editing Program Due to Safety Concerns

By Tristan Manalac, BioSpace | 04.02.2024

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Verve Therapeutics has suspended enrollment in the Phase Ib Heart-1 study evaluating its lead gene editing program VERVE-101 following a serious adverse event, the company announced Tuesday.

A patient, who received a 0.45-mg/kg dose of VERVE-101, developed a grade 3...

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The TESCREAL bundle: Eugenics and the promise of utopia through artificial general intelligence

By Timnit Gebru and Émile P. Torres, First Monday | 04.14.2024

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The stated goal of many organizations in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) is to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI), an imagined system with more intelligence than anything we have ever seen. Without seriously questioning whether such a system can...

Genetic Selection

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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