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Polygenic Traits, Human Embryos, and Eugenic Dreams

By Pete Shanks | 12.04.2019
Biopolitical Times
If you’re hoping that your child will be a basketball star, well, good luck using polygenic scores and genetic screening to foretell that. And if you try to choose your embryo in hopes of a genius IQ, you will probably be disappointed, and perhaps extremely upset.
Assisted Reproduction

Do Not Open the Door

By Marcy Darnovsky, Southwestern Medical Perspectives | 12.04.2019

Aggregated News

Dozens of nations have considered this prospect and decided that manipulating the human germline should be legally off limits. The U.S. and China have not.
Human Genetic Modification

The Year After the “CRISPR Babies” Bombshell

By Pete Shanks | 11.22.2019
Biopolitical Times
Here, in roughly chronological order, are key events related to the November 2018 "CRISPR babies" announcement.
Human Genetic Modification

There Still Aren't Any Rules Preventing Rogue Scientists From Making Gene-Edited Babies

By Emily Mullin, Medium | 11.25.2019

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The need for regulation in germline editing is urgent because the consequences may fundamentally change the human genome and be passed down through generations.
Human Genetic Modification

Biopolitical Times

Scientist on the Loose: George Church Strays Into Eugenics—Again

By Pete Shanks | 12.11.2019

The venerable “news” show 60 Minutes (13 at a time) chased down and re-broke a very old story on Sunday,...

Animal Biotechnologies

Meet the Republican Transhumanist, Zoltan the Magnificent!

By Pete Shanks | 12.06.2019

The first Republican to file for Oklahoma’s presidential primary was Zoltan Istvan, the transhumanist. His campaign slogan is “Upgrading...

Polygenic Traits, Human Embryos, and Eugenic Dreams

By Pete Shanks | 12.04.2019

“It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”
—Yogi Berra, or perhaps Mark Twain, Niels Bohr or some anonymous...

Assisted Reproduction

News

Can Biology Class Reduce Racism?

By Amy Harmon, The New York Times | 12.07.2019
A group of biology teachers from across the country is testing the idea that the science classroom may be the best place to provide a buffer against the unfounded genetic rationales for human difference that often become the basis for...
Perspectives

Scientists Dodge FDA to Offer a $1 Million Anti-Aging Treatment in Colombia

By Emily Mullin, Medium One Zero | 12.05.2019
Scientists and ethicists say the company’s experiment is not only dubious but it also raises concerns about how anti-aging treatments should be tested in people.
Other Countries

Do Not Open the Door

By Marcy Darnovsky, Southwestern Medical Perspectives | 12.04.2019
Dozens of nations have considered this prospect and decided that manipulating the human germline should be legally off limits. The U.S. and China have not.
Human Genetic Modification

China’s CRISPR Babies: Read Exclusive Excerpts from the Unseen Original Research

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 12.03.2019

He Jiankui’s manuscript shows how he ignored ethical and scientific norms in creating the gene-edited twins Lulu and Nana.

Earlier this year a source sent us a copy of an unpublished manuscript describing the creation of the first gene-edited babies,...

Assisted Reproduction

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