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Why Human Germline Editing Might Never Be Legal in the U.S.

By Jennifer M. Gumer, The Hastings Center | 08.09.2019

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A Russian scientist recently announced his intention to use the gene-editing tool CRISPR to edit and implant human embryos—a revelation that met with international outcry similar to the condemnation of the Chinese scientist He Jiankui last year when he announced...

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We Should All Be Science Critics

By John Horgan , Scientific American | 08.05.2019

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A while back my school, Stevens Institute of Technology, created a new major called science and technology studies, or STS. It seemed a little amorphous, but I felt an affinity for it. Also, I’ve liked pretty much every STS...

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Citing ‘Nerd Tunnel Vision,’ Biologist George Church Apologizes for Contacts With Jeffrey Epstein

By Sharon Begley, STAT | 08.05.2019

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George Church, the prominent Harvard University biologist, offered a full-throated apology for having meetings and phone calls with accused sex...

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What Is Transhumanism and Why Do People Associate It With Eugenics?

By Aditi Murti , The Swaddle | 08.07.2019

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The New York Times recently reported that financier and recently-arrested sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein apparently believes in a philosophical strain...

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Rigorous Pathway or Runaway Train?

By Katie Hasson | 08.15.2019

August 14, 2019, marked the first meeting of another committee on heritable genome editing that is composed mostly of scientists:...

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Disability Rights and Heritable Genome Editing: Resources for Teaching and Learning

By Center for Genetics and Society | 07.19.2019

If you follow news about human germline editing — altering the genes and traits of future generations — you’re likely...

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CGS Statement on the Introduction of the Senate Resolution on Gene-editing Research

By Center for Genetics and Society | 07.16.2019

On July 15, Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Jack Reed (D-RI) introduced a bipartisan resolution calling for...

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Scientists Can’t Be Trusted on Gene Editing

By Pete Shanks, The Progressive | 08.14.2019

In mid-July, a bipartisan trio of U.S. Senators—Democrats Dianne Feinstein of California and Jack Reed of Rhode Island and Republican Marco Rubio of Florida—introduced a resolution calling for the creation of an international commission to set ethical standards for...

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For Rules on Creating ‘CRISPR babies’ from Edited Embryos, Scientists Call a Do-over

By Sharon Begley, STAT | 08.12.2019

The second-most shocking thing He Jiankui told the international genome editing summit in Hong Kong last November — right after announcing that twin girls had been born from embryos whose DNA he’d changed with CRISPR — was that he’d followed...

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Why Human Germline Editing Might Never Be Legal in the U.S.

By Jennifer M. Gumer, The Hastings Center | 08.09.2019

A Russian scientist recently announced his intention to use the gene-editing tool CRISPR to edit and implant human embryos—a revelation that met with international outcry similar to the condemnation of the Chinese scientist He Jiankui last year when he announced...

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23andMe had devastating news about my health. I wish a person had delivered it

By Dorothy Pomerantiz, STAT+ | 08.08.2019

Last summer, I thought it might be fun to have my DNA analyzed. Two companies, 23andMe and Ancestry.com, had popped up again and again in my social feeds, so I decided to join the party and see if I could...

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