Tag: germ line
Slouching Toward a “Brave New World”
Genetic engineering could unleash a deadly pandemic or lead to a “new eugenics” with very sharp teeth.
Germ-Line Gene Editing Will Never Be Safe
The brains of two babies who were germ-line gene edited using the CRISPR process — meaning the engineered genetic changes will flow down the generations.
Time for Gene Editing “Global Observatory”
We are not having a meaningful discussion about whether and how to regulate what I believe to be the most powerful technology ever invented.
Evolution’s Third Rail — Transgenerational Epigenetics Can Have a Profound Impact
It is an enormous problem to explain how such capabilities evolved.