Anonymized data sets are growing and it is becoming easier to identify individuals. Research-consent procedures must be updated to protect people from being targeted
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Julian Savulescu writes ,”Middle-distance runner Caster Semenya will need to take hormone-lowering agents, or have surgery, if she wishes to continue her career in her chosen athletic events… This ruling is flawed. On the basis of science and ethical reasoning, there are ten reasons CAS’s decision does not stand up.”
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The concern is largely ethical. The reality is that biologists probably couldn’t produce designer babies even if they wanted to
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Editorial: Japan Should Put the Brakes on Stem-Cell SalesJanuary 30, 2019 |
Unproven therapies should not be marketed to patients.
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Editorial: How to Respond to CRISPR BabiesDecember 7, 2018 |
Nature editors write, “The claims from He Jiankui that he has used gene editing to produce twin girls demand action. A new registry of research is a good start”
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Scientists Build ‘Synthetic Embryos’May 3, 2018 |
Dutch scientists have built “synthetic” embryos in their laboratory using mouse cells other than sperm and eggs. The stem cell breakthrough, described in Nature journal, is not for cloning people or animals, but about understanding why many pregnancies fail at an early stage – implantation
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Reward Research That Changes SocietyJanuary 3, 2018 |
The Editors of Nature write: Tracking societal impacts encourages academics to pursue them
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Statues: An Editorial ResponseSeptember 19, 2017 |
Philip Campbell, Editor-in-Chief of Nature responds to the widespread criticisms to an editorial warning about the risks of “removing statues or altering the names of awards or streets that honor researchers who committed atrocious acts in the name of science.”
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