Transhumanism
How will we use gene editing to treat human disease?
Technology for safe effective germline editing is not ready yet, but once it is, these are some of things we ...
Should we believe every bold promise in biotechnology?
Based on direct experience,...I would advise that heady promises regarding biotechnology should be viewed with a high degree of skepticism...Many...biotechnological ...
Gene editing may eventually bring superhuman athletes
At the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games, some of the fastest and strongest people in the world showed us what ...
Genetic enhancement will ultimately happen, no point in denying it
I think CRISPR – the technology that enables us to edit genes – will go down in history as the ...
Human inventions may impact and change our genes over time
Of all living things, why do humans alone create advanced technology? A clue comes from a recent paper on a ...
Potential benefits of human-animal chimeras vastly outweigh risks
If we had a cheap and unlimited supply of healthy organs for transplant, it wouldn’t just transform the lives of ...
Video: CRISPR set to alter what it means to be human—is that so bad?
With the advent of CRISPR, a new age of genetic engineering promises to change everything we know about what it ...
Uses for DNA may spread to far-flung fields like archaeology and fine arts
In the past couple of decades, genetics has revolutionized fields such as...medicine. In the next couple, expect DNA to turn ...
Gene therapy revolution must address new ethical questions
[In 2015], the United States federal budget included a rider banning certain types of gene therapy research, and that has ...
Despite public fear against human chimeras, three already exist
The news that researchers want to create human-animal chimeras has generated controversy recently...But chimeras aren't always man-made — and there ...
Worries about artificial human enhancement persist among Americans
[According to] an extensive survey conducted by the Pew Research Center...[s]ixty-eight percent [of over 4,000 Americans] were somewhat or very ...
Human enhancement revolution: Science and ethics in precarious balance
Human enhancement is at least as old as human civilization. Up to this point in history, however, most biomedical interventions, ...
Americans disinterested in using science to build better humans
Americans aren’t very enthusiastic about using science to enhance the human species. Instead, many find it rather creepy. A new ...
Transhumanism and 2016 Presidential race
Trump? Clinton? Johnson? How about Zoltan Istvan, he's the Transhumanist Party 2016 presidential candidate ...
Are CRISPR enthusiasts overlooking technology’s risks?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. While the 150 experts...were ...
Who is best qualified to regulate gene editing?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. No other technology like ...
NIH director says no one should edit genomes to make designer babies
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Gene editing must never ...
Gene editing’s dual nature creates conundrum for regulators around world
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In the biological sciences, ...
National Academies wants more research before using gene-drive to control disease spread
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [O]rganisms that have been ...
Can humans healthily live to 150?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [W]hile a long life ...
Longevity is increasing: Can we extend our lifespan, one gene at a time?
How much do "good genes" matter? In some countries, average lifespan is creeping towards 90. New research is beginning to ...
Stanford biomedical ethics chair predicts end of reproductive sex
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [H]ow [do] we navigate ...
Could synthetic biology become tomorrow’s richest industry?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [E]conomic growth comes down ...
With gene editing, can society achieve immortality?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Within my lifetime, it ...
“Embryonic” chimeras may solve critical organ shortage
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The idea of a ...
Designer babies would allow parents to select child they feel most fit to raise, says bioethicist
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The stream of breakthroughs ...
Should we use gene editing to stop spread of invasive species?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Every year, the mouse ...
