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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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The Biotech-Industrial Complex Gets Ready to Define What is Human

By Stuart Newman, CounterPunch | 08.16.2019

Fabricating part-human-part-nonhuman animals, with features of both, seemed like something out of Greek mythology until the late 20th century. New research then on “geeps,” fully developed, viable mixtures of goats and sheep, showed that constructing such “chimeras” was a...

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Top U.S. Medical Centers Roll Out DNA Sequencing Clinics for Healthy (and Often Wealthy) Clients

By Rebecca Robbins, STAT | 08.16.2019

Seizing on the surging popularity of at-home DNA testing kits, top academic medical institutions are opening clinics that promise to probe much deeper into your DNA — if you’re willing to pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars out of...

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Designer Babies Are On the Way. We're Not Ready

By Robert Klitzman, CNN | 08.16.2019

Many surprises come with having a baby, including learning your child's sex and discovering all the traits they inherited as they grow up. But what if parents could pick and choose their children's genetic makeup instead of leaving those traits...

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Despite Failed Promises, Stem Cell Advocates Again Want Taxpayers To Pony Up Billions

By Ana B. Ibarra, California Healthline [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 08.15.2019

Californians voted in 2004 to shell out billions of dollars in taxpayer money to fund cutting-edge stem cell treatments.

Proposition 71 could lead to cures for cancer, Alzheimer’s and other devastating diseases, voters were told. Actor Michael J. Fox, who...

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