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The World Health Organization (WHO) on July 12 issued the results of what it describes as the “first broad, global consultation looking at somatic, germline and heritable human genome editing.” The Expert Advisory Committee on Developing Global Standards for Governance and Oversight of Human Genome Editing was established in December 2018, but its work was of course delayed by the pandemic.

This publication could represent an important step in the continuing discussions, both nationally and globally, about what applications of...

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Yesterday, California became the third state in the nation to provide reparations to survivors of coerced sterilization under 20th century eugenics laws, and the first state to both notify and compensate those sterilized involuntarily in state women’s prisons. Governor Newsom signed a budget that includes $7.5 million for this program, which will provide up to $25,000 per survivor, as well as funds for plaques and markers raising awareness about...

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On Monday, a World Health Organization advisory committee called on the world’s largest public health authority to stand by the...

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The Bayer Corporation has made it clear that the creation of a biological research facility on its waterfront property in Berkeley, California, will...

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When embryologist Joseph Conaghan arrived at work at San Francisco’s Pacific Fertility Center on March 4, 2018, nothing seemed awry. He did routine inspections of the facility’s cryogenic tanks, which store frozen embryos and eggs for clients who hope to...

An ambitious campaign involving groups ranging from the Paralympics to the United Nations is kicking off with a goal of ending discrimination and promoting inclusion of the world’s 1.2 billion people with disabilities.

The effort known as WeThe15 — named...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently called on countries to stop any research that might lead to the birth of genetically edited human beings. The call was made with the release of the recommendations on human genome editing.

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COVID-19 mRNA vaccines and existing gene therapies, including those built with the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool, are delivered into cells with viral vectors or lipid nanoparticles. A research team led by...

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