The first child selected as an embryo on the basis of its 'polygenic risk score' is now 16 months old

The first child selected as an embryo on the basis of its ‘polygenic risk score’ is now 16 months old

Pete Shanks | 
The first child acknowledged to have been selected as an embryo on the basis of its “polygenic risk score” is ...
Viewpoint: Political left, right and sprinkling of bioethicists express concern about modifying rules on embryo research

Viewpoint: Political left, right and sprinkling of bioethicists express concern about modifying rules on embryo research

Pete Shanks | 
On May 26, the International Society of Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), a non-governmental  organization of scientists, released newly revised guidelines ...
Viewpoint: Debating the debate over the new stem cell research guidelines

Viewpoint: Debating the debate over the new stem cell research guidelines

Katie Hasson, Marcy Darnovsky | 
An organization of scientists is recommending that limitations on several experimental and controversial research procedures – including heritable genome editing, ...
Viewpoint: Patenting human embryo gene editing? Two rival universities push the ethical and legal debate

Viewpoint: Patenting human embryo gene editing? Two rival universities push the ethical and legal debate

Pete Shanks | 
Two prominent groups of scientists, and two major American universities, are trying to patent methods for editing human embryos, with ...
Quickly-advancing human embryo research raises prickly ethical questions

Quickly-advancing human embryo research raises prickly ethical questions

Pete Shanks | 
Nature published two peer-reviewed papers about generating in vitro, with slightly different methods, “blastoids” or “human blastocyst-like structures”... Notably, none ...
Viewpoint: Why assisted reproduction needs to be more comprehensively regulated

Viewpoint: Why assisted reproduction needs to be more comprehensively regulated

Pete Shanks | 
The United States fertility market is growing very rapidly, and is projected to reach $15.4 billion in 2023, more than ...
Viewpoint: How might the Biden Administration regulate heritable human gene editing?

Viewpoint: How might the Biden Administration regulate heritable human gene editing?

Pete Shanks | 
The new Biden-Harris Administration faces a number of harrowing challenges in which science and technology policies will be critical. Along ...
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