Regulation & Bioethics
Canada: Lobbyists push for DNA swabs after arrest
The following is an excerpt. A growing number of law enforcement representatives are calling for new powers to collect DNA ...
The precautionary principle stops GM eggplants in the Philippines
The Court of Appeals in the Philippines recently put a stop to field tests of insect-resistant Bt eggplant crops, preventing ...
Anti-GMO marches stumble
The following is an excerpt. Protesters with a group calling itself “March against Monsanto Coachella Valley” staged rallies in Indio ...
California bill to prevent genetic testing without consent
If you want to keep your DNA to yourself, be sure not to leave any stray hairs, Q-tips or underwear ...
Ask a geneticist: Race and IQ?
This Q&A with a geneticist offers a crash-course in genetics, race, and intelligence for the curious layperson ...
Human genes: Has science outgrown patents?
The following is an excerpt. Is it right to patent human genes? Both sides in a US law case have ...
The curious case of human gene patents
The following is an excerpt. Critics who think the U.S. Patent Office has been too liberal in awarding protection for ...
The ethical conundrum of “expert” bioethicists
Even as bioethicists everywhere pontificate in the wake of the recent first successfully cloned human embryo, Nathan Emmerich argues that ...
Australia: “GMO-free” certification launched
The following is an edited excerpt. A new certification body for genetically modified organism free (GMO-free) foods has been launched ...
Personal genomics and accidental paternity tests
What happens when your 23andMe results reveal that your brother is your uncle and your father isn't your father? ...
Italy: Parliament approves stem cell testing
The following is an excerpt. A controversial Italian stem cell therapy that scientists say is unproven will undergo its first ...
Genome sequencing should be universal, benefitting all
The following is an excerpt. The promise of personalized medicine with genome sequencing might soon imbue humanity with terrific powers ...
Scientists must lead human cloning stem cell debate
The following is an edited excerpt. Last week’s announcement in Cell that a team in Oregon successfully derived stem cells ...
Long-running stem cell lobbying group ending
The following is an edited excerpt. In a sign of how much the controversy over human embryonic stem cells has ...
The coming human cloning controversies
The following is an edited excerpt. I learned about the first successful human cloning last Monday, but couldn’t write about ...
Authors urge importance of patients’ rights in genome sequencing
Upcoming paper in ‘Science’ pushes back against recent recommendations from the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics. (News-medical) ...
Ethical path to artificial stem cell technology
Australian research has created a molecular roadmap that shows how any cell in the human body can be turned into ...
Angelina Jolie’s cancer decision highlights row over genetic technology
The following is an excerpt. Angelina Jolie's decision to speak out about her decision to have a preventive double mastectomy ...
Human stem cell cloning: ‘Holy Grail’ or techno-fantasy?
The following is an excerpt. There is definitely something special about this idea of "therapeutic cloning," something that has a ...
California’s activist court rules that GM alfalfa is not a pest
Despite a track record spotted with anti-science activist positions, California's 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the lower court's determination ...
Confusion – scientific and ethical – reigns in the wake of stem cell cloning landmark
Scientists have finally succeeded in harvesting embryonic stem cells from human embryos cloned using the same technique that gave birth ...
Let the cloning obfuscation begin
Now that human cloning is upon us, look for many scientists and their camp followers (or ignorant reporters) to mislead ...
Kenya: GMO ban has no legal basis
[SciDev.Net]Nairobi -A senior Kenyan government official has dismissed last year's ban on the import of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into ...
Predicting the IQ of future people
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. Jason Richwine was forced to resign from the Heritage Foundation by ...
Anti-biotech ETC group launches fight over Kickstarter synthetic biology project
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. If the biohackers can have a Kickstarter campaign to release their ...
Voices come out in defense of Monsanto
Everyone's least favorite company has seen stories this week highlight its good side ...
Stem cell therapy deserves a dose of skepticism
Stem cells are at risk of becoming "the new snake oil peddled by 21st century charlatans" without better regulation and ...