Tag: bioethics
An Example of Ethical Human Genetic Engineering
The primary ethical problems with CRISPR in humans so far have come from “germ line” genetic engineering.
Scientists Make Male Rat Give Birth
Scientists just took a big step toward making that once unthinkable prospect — biological males giving birth — a reality.
Erika DeBenedictis and the Cost of Playing God
I won’t recap the splendid work Emily Reeves has already done here in dissecting the TEDx talk from a scientific angle.
Intelligent Design Has Implications for Genome Editing
Biology is a lavish display of sophisticated designs exceeding all human engineering to date.
Scientists Succeed in Creating Mouse Artificial Wombs
This technology is still a long time from the potential for human application, but it presents issues we need to address now.