Wesley Smith
Viewpoint: In the face a gene-editing revolution, President Trump should push for moratorium on human germline editing
In the face of the rapid development of the most powerful technologies ever invented — CRISPR germline gene editing, “artificial ...
Viewpoint: ‘Greed and profit’ will drive human gene editing unless we develop strong regulations
We may now be on the verge of adding germline engineering to the menu of available reproductive services, that will, ...
How should Trump and his administration grapple with bioethics?
We are entering Brave New World territory, with potentially momentous impact on culture and the concept of family [from human ...
Now is the time to stop three-parent IVF
The UK rubber stamp Embryo Authority has approved the manufacture of three-parent human embryos. The process is done by removing ...
The “chaos” sired by sperm donation
A biological father named William Marotta is resisting being held responsible for his child conceived privately — by answering a ...
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 ...
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 ...
Human cloning is here!
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. The world just changed. An international consortium of scientists have announced ...