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 ...

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 ...

This gene editing milestone raises big ethical questions PBS NewsHour: Jessica Berg, co-dean of the School of Law and the Tom J.E. and Bette Lou Walker Professor of Law, discussed the ethical concerns ...

Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Revolutions in gene therapy are rapidly changing the landscape of modern medicine. Revolutions in gene therapy are rapidly changing the landscape of modern medicine, forcing society and science alike ...

TL;DR: A scientist jailed for three years for illegal gene-altering on babies criticized ethics for hindering scientific progress. The scientist who was sentenced to spend three years in jail for gene ...