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Technologies
For the first time, scientists say they have used viruses designed by artificial intelligence to treat a human patient.
Researchers...
Gene therapy is no longer the future of medicine — it’s reality. Treatments that replace, silence or edit genes are...
In recent months, news came out about several distressing cases that have underscored the risks of gene therapy, which delivers...
Heritable genome editing in human embryos is once again under intense scrutiny after the publication of an opinion piece in...
Policies
In May 2026, a federal judge in Córdoba, Argentina, issued a pre-trial order in a criminal case involving surrogacy arrangements...
Justice Elena Kagan on Tuesday refused to intervene in a high-profile custody battle that involved difficult questions surrounding surrogacy and...
China’s cheap, fast and quiet system for testing cutting-edge medicines is facing scrutiny after the deaths of three people in...
“Donald Trump” by Gage Skidmore is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
President Donald Trump's latest effort to limit...
Society
Should human beings remain in control of planet Earth? Or should we be replaced as the dominant species? As absurd...
For some couples, surrogacy is a miracle: an opportunity to have a child even if they’re unable to conceive one...
Three years ago, Olga, 40, and Daniel (both names changed to protect their identities) from Hamburg decided to employ the services...
Surrogacy arrangements – agreements for someone to carry a pregnancy for the intended parents – have existed for millennia...
Perspectives
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has recently been discussing “artificial general intelligence” that matches or surpasses human capabilities. This is from...
Before Editing Genes: Questions Beyond Science
For technologies such as gene editing, with profound social and clinical impact, we must...
Pauline Hanson speaking about Aboriginal people on a white Christian podcast last year said "they're the most primitive race on...
What does it mean when education is considered a threat to population? As an education student, I am interested in...