Technologies

Human Genome Editing: Who Gets to Decide?

By Dietram A. Scheufele and David Beier, Scientific American | 05.18.2017

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A report from the National Academies says scientists alone can't make the call—they must engage with the broader public

Meaningful public debate seems almost impossible in an era of political bubbles isolating us one from another and facts becoming a...

Biopolitics

First In Vivo Human Genome Editing to Be Tested in New Clinical Trial

By Abby Olena, The Scientist | 05.18.2017

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Sangamo Therapeutics will use zinc finger nucleases to introduce the gene for a missing clotting factor into the livers of men with hemophilia B.

Researchers have edited the human genome before, but always in cells outside the body. Now, biotech...

Human Genetic Modification

5 Things You Need To Know Before Taking an At-Home Genetic Test

By Parminder Deo and Jacqueline Paulis, NBC News | 05.17.2017

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DNA is what makes us who we are. In humans, our genetic makeup is 99.9 percent similar to the person...

Biopolitics

China moves to expand DNA testing in Muslim region

By Matthew Brown, Associated Press | 05.16.2017

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China appears to be laying the groundwork for the mass collection of DNA samples from residents of a restive, largely...

Human Rights

Can DNA Evidence Be Too Convincing? An Acquitted Man Thinks So

By Eli Rosenberg, New York Times | 05.16.2017

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Genomics

Scientists Dismayed as Texas Leans into Unproved Stem Cell Treatments

By Andrew Joseph, STAT | 05.16.2017

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U.S. States

Babies From Skin Cells? Prospect Is Unsettling to Some Experts

By Tamar Lewin, New York Times | 05.16.2017

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Biopolitics

Insurers help make genetic testing widely available

By Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle | 05.15.2017

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Biotech & Pharma