

Is It Time to Regulate Biohacking?August 13, 2019 |
California thinks so. A new law warns biohackers not to edit their genes at home
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Is It Time to Regulate Biohacking?August 13, 2019 |
California thinks so. A new law warns biohackers not to edit their genes at home
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Biohackers Are Using CRISPR on their DNA and We Can’t Stop ItNovember 16, 2017 |
People are starting to alter their own DNA with cheap, easy gene-editing technology. Is it time to regulate CRISPR?
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Exclusive: World’s First Baby Born With New “3 Parent” TechniqueSeptember 27, 2016 |
It’s a boy! A five-month-old boy is the first baby to be born using a new technique that incorporates DNA from three people, New Scientist can reveal. “This is great news and a huge deal,” says Dusko Ilic at King’s College London, who wasn’t involved in the work. “It’s revolutionary.”
Quick ReadA disgraced stem cell scientist is facing preliminary charges of involuntary manslaughter in connection with two patients who died after windpipe transplants, Swedish prosecutors said Wednesday
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Where Are the Black Anti-Vaxxers in the Measles Debate?February 9, 2015 |
So why aren’t black celebrities, pastors and the NAACP screaming about this issue? Because, according to Dr. Carlton Haywood Jr. of the Berman Institute of Bioethics, a lot of this anti-vaccination movement is about class and choice, as much as it’s about race. “It’s true that blacks and Latinos are less likely to get immunized from diseases than whites, but a lot of that is about healthcare access”
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