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Is society ready for the changes CRISPR can bring?

Jennifer Kahn | 
Crispr works in almost every animal that scientists have tried, from silkworms to monkeys, and in just about every cell ...
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Why setting testosterone levels for female athletes risks setting ‘far reaching’ ‘unscientific precedent’

New rules to reduce naturally high testosterone levels in female athletes have been branded "unscientific". [In 2018], athletics chiefs ruled ...
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DNA of the dead: Genetic testing companies offering to use envelopes licked by the deceased

Sarah Zhang | 
In the past year, genealogists have been abuzz about the possibility of getting DNA out of old stamps and envelopes ...
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Is it OK to take sperm from the dead?

Andrew Joseph | 
[A] New York judge earlier this month ordered a medical center to save the sperm of Peter Zhu, a 21-year-old cadet ...
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Lab-grown, plant-based meats raise thorny ethical questions about animal welfare, sustainability

Irene Li | 
Meatless Monday. “Vegetable-forward” restaurants. Plant-based diets. Foregoing meat is more mainstream than ever before, and at the center of this ...
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Viewpoint: Elective, unproven IV therapies create ‘perfect storm of risks’

Jamie Wells | 
We don’t have to look very far these days to find wellness facilities touting this or that intravenous (IV) infusion for “detoxification” and ...
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Why it might be possible for children to inherit their parents’ morals

Katie Bohn | 
A new baby is often welcomed with speculation about whether they got their eyes and nose from mom or dad, ...
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Using personality types to predict cancer? Why was this 30-year-old case of ‘probable scientific fraud’ never investigated?

Neuroskeptic | 
The Journal of Health Psychology has just published an extraordinary pair of papers that call for a new inquiry into a 30-year ...
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‘Creative misbehavior’: When ingenuity takes a dark turn

Hansika Kapoor | 
Misbehavior is a form of creative thinking ...
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Challenging Nature’s decision to run a stem cell advertisement portrayed as research

Michael Hiltzik | 
Readers of Nature, one of the world’s most important scientific journals, might have been struck recently by an audacious claim ...
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Gene drives: Why the best option for fighting mosquito-borne diseases is the ‘mosquito itself’

Andrea Crisanti, Kyros Kyrou | 
Gene drives are now a viable method of fighting mosquito-borne disease ...
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Stanford investigating whether faculty has ties to controversial Chinese CRISPR baby experiment

Antonio Regalado | 
Officials at Stanford University have opened an investigation into what several high-profile faculty members knew about a Chinese effort to ...
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Fears that China has used prisoners’ organs for transplants prompts call for retraction of more than 400 scientific papers

Melissa Davey | 
A world-first study has called for the mass retraction of more than 400 scientific papers on organ transplantation, amid fears ...
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Viewpoint: Human gene-editing ethics should not ‘be left to scientists alone’

Nina Frahm, Tess Doezema | 
There is one important takeaway from the controversy [about He Jiankui’s gene-edited babies] that seems to have gone overlooked in ...
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China’s latest ‘ethical mess’: Cloning diseased gene-edited monkeys

Ryan Mandelbaum | 
Chinese researchers have cloned five gene-edited monkeys with a host of genetic disease symptoms, according to two scientific papers published ...
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After dodging a ban, what’s in store for gene drives in 2019?

Thomas Hornigold | 
With gene drive techniques, we could—perhaps rapidly and inexpensively—wipe out malaria’s hosts for good, and consign it to the list ...
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‘Human gene-editing scandal’: Should rogue scientist’s work be published?

Megan Molteni | 
How do you handle the data of a scientist who violates all the norms of his field? … On the one hand, you ...
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Why can’t we stop rogue scientists from engaging in dubious research?

Maggie Koerth-Baker | 
[C]an the public control science that leaves us with permanent and unenviable consequences? Recent news suggests that the answer is ...
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What the CRISPR babies can teach us about the failings of ethical oversight

Benjamin Hurlbut, Jason Scott Robert | 
This isn't just about process, about ethical boxes left unchecked ...
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Self-driving cars and life or death decisions: Who gets to define morality for these machines?

Thomas Hornigold | 
You’re driving along the highway when, suddenly, a person darts out across the busy road. There’s speeding traffic all around ...
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Why things aren’t looking good for cryogenically frozen people

Daniel Kolitz | 
Corpse-freezing hasn’t exactly gone mainstream, but most people are now familiar with the concept: you lay out a ton of ...
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Why we should worry about the rapid spread of ketamine clinics

Megan Thielking | 
As ketamine clinics pop up across the U.S. to offer experimental infusions for depression, anxiety, and a slew of other conditions, training ...
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How DNA health screening of pets can lead to tragic consequences

Jessica Hekman | 
A lack of regulatory scrutiny has left pet owners and their companions vulnerable to misleading marketing and immature science ...
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Viewpoint: New book ‘Blueprint’ revisits the dangerous theory of genetic determinism

Nathaniel Comfort | 
It’s never a good time for another bout of genetic determinism, but it’s hard to imagine a worse one than ...
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Viewpoint: Everyone needs to feel the benefits of an ‘AI-reliant society’

Dan Robitzski | 
[A]rtificial intelligence technology could actually boost the global economy. If it’s allowed to play a major role, AI will make our ...
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Why the promise of personalized medicine could fall short for minorities

Daniel Weinberger | 
African-Americans are underrepresented in large-scale genetic and neuroscience studies ...
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Viewpoint: Consumer DNA tests promise more than they can deliver

John Loike | 
Over the past few years, many [DNA testing companies] have branched out into the realm of precision health, treading into ...
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