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A US startup company is offering to help wealthy couples screen their embryos for IQ using controversial technology that raises questions about the ethics of genetic enhancement.

The company, Heliospect Genomics, has worked with more than a dozen couples undergoing...

A little-noticed change to South Africa’s national health research guidelines, published in May of this year, has put the country on an ethical precipice. The newly added language appears to position the country as the first to explicitly permit...

IN THE FALL OF 2016, I gave a talk at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton titled “Are Robots...

Discovering your genetic history can be as simple as spitting into a test tube, but what happens when your data...

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By Robert Chapman, Psychology Today | 08.25.2021

"48:365 World Autism Awareness Day" 
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As many people in the autistic...

By Naomi Cahn and Dena Sharp, The Conversation | 08.23.2021

When embryologist Joseph Conaghan arrived at work at San Francisco’s Pacific Fertility Center on March 4, 2018, nothing seemed awry...

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By Shaun Heasley, Disability Scoop | 08.23.2021

An ambitious campaign involving groups ranging from the Paralympics to the United Nations is kicking off with a goal of...

By Sheetal Soni, The Conversation | 08.22.2021

The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently called on countries to stop any research that might lead to the birth of...

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By Angus Liu, Fierce Biotech | 08.19.2021

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COVID-19 mRNA vaccines and existing gene therapies, including those...

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By Johnny Edwards, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | 08.18.2021

Pushing unproven treatments, the chiropractors targeted the elderly, inviting them to lunch seminars where speakers in lab coats promised miracle...

By Media Statement, Government of Western Australia | 08.18.2021

The course has been set for the development of contemporary legislation to enable more Western Australians to begin a family...

By Staff, Stop GE Trees | 08.17.2021

The USDA has opened up a second public comment period to seek input for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) they plan...