Friday, April 19, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
Gene therapy
The Latest
Scientists join call for moratorium on embryonic gene editing
A group of 62 doctors, scientists, and bioethicists have issued an open letter urging a global moratorium on experiments that... Read more
Scientists call for global moratorium on genetically modified babies
A group of 18 scientists and bioethicists from seven countries has called for a global moratorium on the practice of... Read more
Ethical concerns raised as human embryonic gene editing continues in US
A scientist at Columbia University in New York is conducting controversial gene-editing experiments on human embryos, according to a recent... Read more
First human embryos edited in the USA. Here's why it's problematic.
Researchers in Oregon have announced that they have successfully altered genes in a human embryo for the first time in... Read more
Catholics shouldn't totally reject human gene editing – but it still has ethical problems
Recent American guidelines for human gene modification have raised important ethical questions, especially with regard to modifying the genes of... Read more
