The draft rules mean that anyone who manipulates human genes in adults or embryos is responsible for adverse outcomes
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The Trouble With Fathering 114 KidsMay 14, 2019 |
Matteo, 25, a suitor on The Bachelorette, says he is a sperm donor with 114 kids—is that too many? The US has never considered this issue a necessary one to regulate. While countries such as the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands limit how many children a single donor can have
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The FDA has taken an industry-friendly approach toward companies using unproven cell cocktails to treat people desperate for relief from aging or damaged joints
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Will Gene-Edited Food Be Government Regulated?May 10, 2019 |
If you take genes from another kind of plant, or bacteria, and insert them into a crop like soybeans, the result is considered a GMO. You need government approval to sell a new GMO. If you just take a snippet out of a gene without inserting anything new, though, the product falls into a gray area
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Reboot Ethics Governance in ChinaMay 7, 2019 |
The shocking announcement of genetically modified babies creates an opportunity to overhaul the nation’s science, argue Ruipeng Lei and colleagues
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The Birth-Tissue ProfiteersMay 7, 2019 |
How well-meaning donations end up fueling an unproven, virtually unregulated $2 billion stem cell industry
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The agency ruled that Dengvaxia, can only be used in individuals aged 9 to 16 living in parts of the United States where the dengue virus is endemic. Furthermore, the vaccine can only be given to children and teens who have had one previous laboratory-confirmed case of dengue
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Medical DNA Sequencing Leads to Lawsuits and Legal QuestionsApril 29, 2019 |
The genome is static, but our ability to analyze it and interpret it is undergoing dramatic change,” said James Evans, a geneticist at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill
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