It's these two lines of thinking which combine distopicaly. Ultimately, this tech is going to belong to the rich who will be able to treat things like mortality as something to fix while the rest of ...

Three U.S. senators issued a resolution July 15 calling for the development of international ethical standards to govern gene editing research. The resolution was spearheaded by Sens. Dianne Feinstein ...

Stem cell IVF could enable same-sex couples and single parents to have genetically related children. It’s time to think ...

A multidisciplinary committee of experts studied the scientific underpinnings of human gene-editing technologies, their potential use in biomedical research and medicine -- including human germline ...

FLORENCE, Italy — With scientists on the verge of being able to manipulate genes before birth, questions about when it is ethical to use available technology and which risks are acceptable when ...

Behind every scientific breakthrough at Colossal Biosciences stands a question that transcends technology: Should we? While genetic engineering capabilities have advanced dramatically, the ethical ...

Genetic modifications in reproductive cells, such as eggs, sperm, or embryos, are commonly referred to as germline editing and are heritable. 1 CRISPR-Cas 9, which stands for clustered regularly ...

It's really hard to draw some arbitrary line in the sand. I do wonder if there was much debate back in the day about man-made antibiotics. It's very much in line with antivax thinking. I feel like ...