The age of genetically-enhanced children is approaching. Novelist Kazuo Ishiguro imagines a have-and-have not future, and it’s not pleasant

The age of genetically-enhanced children is approaching. Novelist Kazuo Ishiguro imagines a have-and-have not future, and it’s not pleasant

Ricki Lewis | 
Biotech interventions to help sick children—like gene therapy—are approached with supreme caution. If a treatment has a reasonable chance of ...
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We don’t know enough yet to effectively pick embryos to get smarter, taller children, study says

Shawna Williams | 
Despite advances in understanding the combined effects of multiple genes on complex traits in humans, efforts to choose embryos based ...
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Is it time to decide what we want our future gene-edited society to look like?

Amelia Abraham | 
Now, we are able to ‘design’ babies, filtering out illnesses, and selecting things like eye colour, hair colour, and even ...
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Viewpoint: Consumer genetic testing plagued by inaccuracies that can be misleading, or even harmful

Emma Kowal, Jacqueline Savard, Jeffrey Craig | 
Polygenic risk scores currently account for only a small proportion of your total genetic risk ...
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‘Countries have been invaded for far less’: Why the genetic arms race could start a war

Jamie Metzl | 
Imagine you are the leader of a society that has chosen to opt out of the genetic arms race by ...
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Could we be designing babies from a menu of genetic options in 2045?

Jamie Metzl | 
The year is 2045. The genomes of four billion humans have been sequenced, creating a huge pool of genetic information ...
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Are DIY designer babies a real possibility?

Antonio Regalado | 
[Bryan] Bishop, a 29-year-old programmer and Bitcoin investor, has been leaving a trail of comments about human “enhancement” on the ...
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Why the quest to create ‘super babies’ is a ‘fool’s errand’

Jim Kozubek | 
Gene-edited babies should probably always be prohibited, not because of fears of creating inequalities and advantaged “super babies,” but because ...
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Getting out of the gene-editing mess created by Chinese scientist He Jiankui

Val Giddings | 
There have always been rogues willing to carve their own paths no matter what the cost to others. But how ...
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‘Wild and frightening possibilities’: How AI and genomics could affect reproduction

Vanessa Ramirez | 
[Jamie] Metzl is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and author of the upcoming book Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and ...
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Viewpoint: Why we need a 3-year moratorium on gene-edited babies

Paul Knoepfler | 
Chinese researcher He [Jiankui] dropped the bomb with his claim that he produced twin CRISPR’d babies. He cited a 2017 National Academies ...
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Are we ‘playing God’ if we screen IVF embryos for IQ potential?

Sam Blanchard | 
IVF clinics may soon use a controversial screening technique to get rid of embryos which are likely to grow up ...
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Controversial Chinese scientist defends gene-edited babies: ‘I feel proud’

Helen Regan, Oscar Holland, Serenitie Wang | 
The Chinese scientist who sparked an international outcry after alleging to have helped create the world's first genetically edited babies, ...
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CRISPR uproar: Chinese researcher claims first gene-edited babies

Marilynn Marchione | 
A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies — twin girls born this month ...
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Designer babies are already here—and why we should be worried

Laura Herscher | 
Matthew assumed the weakness in his knee was the sort of orthopedic nuisance that happens when you turn 30. … ...
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University student reflection: Let’s take a balanced ethical and scientific look at genetic engineering

Emmy Hughes | 
Rapid advancements in the realm of gene editing are raising all sorts of questions with social and ethical implications. But ...
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‘Designer babies’ just around the corner? More scare than science

Alex Berezow, Ben Locwin | 
As CRISPR technology advances, old fears about 'designer babies' resurface. But we are a long way from being able to ...
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Designer babies? US scientists swap DNA in embryos, replacing mutation that causes heart problems

Ricki Lewis | 
The breakthrough procedure might better be called 'gene correction' rather than gene editing. It could revolutionize genetic disease treatments, but ...
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With global gene editing slow down, what’s the future of ‘designer babies?’

Nicholas Staropoli | 
The prospect of designer babies--the stuff of futuristic movies--is now upon us with the advent of gene editing, stirring confusion ...
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