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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University Under Fire For Off-The-Grid Herpes Vaccine ExperimentsJanuary 23, 2018 |
Southern Illinois University’s medical school has halted all herpes research, one of its most high-profile projects, amid growing controversy over a researcher’s unauthorized methods offshore and in the US
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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.”
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A 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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In secret chemical weapons experiments conducted during World War II, the U.S. military exposed thousands of American troops to mustard gas
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Please, Corporations, Experiment on UsJune 22, 2015 |
Op-Ed: Can it ever be ethical for companies or governments to experiment on their employees, customers or citizens without their consent? …Companies — and other powerful actors, including lawmakers, educators and doctors — “experiment” on us without our consent every time they implement a new policy, practice or product without knowing its consequences
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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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