‘Disease’ vs. ‘Difference’: A Question of Eugenics?October 16, 2018 |
A new video from Jill Rosenbaum at Retro Report, in association with American Experience, premiering on The Atlantic today, depicts some major bioethics quandaries that have resulted from advances in genetic screening technology. Watch now
Quick Read
Nearly 40 years after surgeons first operated on fetuses to cure devastating abnormalities, researchers have taken the first step toward curing genetic disease before birth via genome editing: scientists reported on Monday
Quick Read
He Got Schizophrenia. He Got Cancer. And Then He Got Cured.October 1, 2018 |
A bone-marrow transplant treated a patient’s leukemia — and his delusions, too. Some doctors think they know why
Quick Read
Secrets of Long-Lost Mummies UnwrappedSeptember 24, 2018 |
Alison Abbott considers an extraordinary assemblage of human remains: some rediscovered, some re-analysed. Mummies: Secrets of Life is built around the science that has been applied to the mummies, and what it has revealed about long-forgotten lives and deaths
Quick Read
Will your doctor be happy to see you? People can get a growing number of health-related genetic test results outside the clinical setting. Some direct to consumer (DTC) companies like 23andMe provide a limited number of such results directly to the individual
Quick Read
A Plane Quarantine in New York Started Out Like a Sci-Fi NightmareSeptember 6, 2018 |
100 supposedly sick passengers ended up only being 10. But the story tapped into potent fears about flying
Quick Read
An infection that probably killed a young Norwegian woman some 800 years ago is helping scientists to chart the evolutionary history of an important group of disease-causing bacteria.
Quick Read
Should Gene Editing Be Compulsory?July 18, 2018 |
Julian Savulescu presents hypothetical cases to explore whether safe and effective gene therapy ought to be compulsory
Quick Read
