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Gene-editing tool raises questions about what is ‘disease’

By Rachel Kolb and Dakota McCoy, San Francisco Chronicle | 08.03.2017

Aggregated News

Last month, researchers in Oregon broke new scientific ground when they used CRISPR/Cas-9 to genetically modify human embryos, a first in the United States. CRISPR/Cas-9 is a powerful tool that offers immense promise for treating and curing disease, and it...

Disability Rights

FDA Reprimands Fertility Doctor for Marketing Genetic Modification of Human Embryos

By Leah Lowthorp | 08.08.2017
Biopolitical Times
John Zhang has finally been called to account. Last Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent Zhang a warning letter demanding he cease and desist both the conduct and the marketing of an experimental genetic modification technique known as 3-person in vitro...
Human Genetic Modification

What Clones Think of CRISPR and other Highlights from the Final Season of Orphan Black

By Jessica Cussins | 08.07.2017
Biopolitical Times

With research involving gene editing of embryos now officially underway in the US, and the apparent ability to genetically alter...

Arts & Culture

On Embryos and Spin

By George Estreich, Guest Contributor | 08.01.2017
Biopolitical Times

Last Wednesday, the MIT Technology Review reported that a team of Oregon researchers had altered human embryos, using the genome-editing...

Media Coverage

Biopolitical Times
The front of the California State Capitol Building in Sacramento, California.

California Plans Legislation to Compensate Sterilization Survivors

By Emily Galpern, Guest Contributor | 08.10.2017

At a time when civil rights, health services, and climate justice are under attack nationally, California is leading the way...

U.S. States
Louise Brown, the world's first test-tube baby, holds her son.

Unmasking IVF 40 Years Later

By Pamela Tsigdinos and Miriam Zoll, Guest Contributors | 08.10.2017

On July 25, 2018, Louise Brown, the world’s first baby born via in-vitro fertilization (IVF), will be celebrating her 40...

Assisted Reproduction
Image of a display from UC Berkeley Lawrence Hall of Science's Biotech Learning Lab featuring two children using a pipette and a beaker.

Which Dots Get Connected in Biotech Education?

By Tina Stevens, Guest Contributor | 08.10.2017

Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science, whose mission is “to inspire and foster science learning for all,” is currently planning...

Biotech & Pharma

News

White nationalists are flocking to genetic ancestry tests. Some don’t like what they find

By Eric Boodman, STAT | 08.16.2017

Aggregated News

It was a strange moment of triumph against racism: The gun-slinging white supremacist Craig Cobb, dressed up for daytime TV in a dark suit and red tie, hearing that his DNA testing revealed his ancestry to be only “86 percent...

Biopolitics

Sessions’ New Forensic Science Adviser Has a History of Opposing Pro-Science Reforms

By Pema Levy, Mother Jones | 08.10.2017

Aggregated News

Forensic science is an embattled field. As DNA testing has overturned hundreds of convictions based on flawed forensic evidence, scientists and lawyers are increasingly skeptical that culprits can be accurately identified by matching fingerprints, hair samples, bite marks, bullets, and tread marks...

U.S. Federal

Gene Editing Might Mean My Brother Would’ve Never Existed

By Joel Michael Reynolds, Time | 08.09.2017

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On August 2nd, scientists achieved a milestone on the path to human genetic engineering. For the first time in the United States, scientists successfully edited the genes of a human embryo. A transpacific team of researchers used CRISPR-Cas9 to...

Disability Rights

A Gene Editing Breakthrough

By Marcy Darnovsky, NPR On Point [features Marcy Darnovksy] | 08.08.2017

Aggregated News

After the blockbuster announcement a U.S. team successfully edited human embryos come the tough medical and ethical questions. We’ll talk it through.

A first in the U.S.: researchers have now edited the genetic code of viable human embryos, cutting and...

Human Genetic Modification

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