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'Dr. Frankenstein' speaks about genetic editing of babies: "I am the most important scientist on the planet. They are preparing an attack against me"

Chinese scientist He Jiankui spent three years in prison after 'creating' three genetically edited babies. Back in the ...
Reuters

Opposition mounts to genetic modification of human embryos

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A group of U.S. scientists and activists on Monday called for a global ban on the use of new tools to edit the genes of human embryos, in a report issued a day before a major ...
Nature

Embryo Screening and the Ethics of Human Genetic Engineering

What if you could screen embryos for diseases before they became babies? What if you had the power to choose the traits your baby would have? Would you use it? These practically polar opposite ...
Washington Examiner

House takes stand on genetically modified humans

House lawmakers pushed to cut any funding for the genetic engineering of human embryos, taking a stance on a growing bioethics issue. A House appropriations bill released this week for the Food and ...
The Conversation

South Africa amended its research guidelines to allow for heritable human genome editing

Françoise Baylis is affiliated with the International Science Council, the UNESCO World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) and the Royal Society of Canada. Update ...
Science Daily

Scientists create map of DNA modification in the developing human brain

A new study has created a map of DNA modification in two regions of the brain critical to learning, memory and emotional regulation. The map offers a benchmark for ensuring stem cell-based models ...

The Ministry of Health called the transplantation of organs from genetically modified animals to humans dangerous.

Organ transplantation of genetically modified animals to humans is currently not safe. This was announced on January 19 by Sergey Gauthier, chief freelance transplant specialist at the Ministry of ...