Tag: biotechnology
China Genetically Engineering Monkeys to Be More Human
Swell. A few years ago we were promised experiments that would effect the brain would never be done in mice. They were right.
Error Catastrophe: Manfred Eigen’s Show-Stopper Is Still Stopping the Origin-of-Life Show
We are nearing a half-century since Eigen wrote about this paradox, and it “still challenges theoretical biologists.”
Don’t Let Anti-GMO Fanatics Thwart Improved Photosynthesis Crops
It is flat-out unreasoning — and in my view, anti-human.
With Gene Editing, Scientists Perilously Push Borders of Biotechnology
Such manipulations, if ever done in humans, could a profound impact on human society going down the generations.
How the 2018 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry Harnessed Intelligent Design
There is one point of confusion in descriptions of this year’s prize winners. It’s the talk of “directed evolution.”