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Biohacking: How a DIY Approach to Biology Can Shape Our Future
In 2017, Josiah Zayner live-streamed himself injecting a gene therapy construct designed to edit the DNA in his muscle cells to give him bigger muscles. This moment was noteworthy because the gene therapy construct had been created entirely by Zayner in his garage laboratory. Such work is called biohacking or DIY biology. Continue reading
Gene Editing: God’s Will or God’s Won’t
This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Leonard M. Fleck, PhD Give God a rest; do your own gene editing (and thinking). On August 2, 2017 the New York Times headline read, “In Breakthrough, Scientists … Continue reading
Designing Children: Patents and the Market are not Sufficient Regulation
This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series. For more information, click here. By Jennifer Carter-Johnson, PhD, JD In an October report entitled “Breeding Out Disease,” 60 MINUTES correspondent Nora O’Donnell reported on the use of pre-implantation genetic … Continue reading
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Tagged biotechnology, designer babies, DNA, GenePeeks, IVF, Jennifer Carter-Johnson, law, patents, PGD
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Mighty mitochondria: a tiny organelle that can, and should, save lives
This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series. For more information, click here. By Monica List, DVM, MA A June 3rd headline from The Guardian reads: “Genetic treatment using three-parent embryos may be ready in two years.” This … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA, genetics, mitochondria, mitochondrial replacement, Monica List, mtDNA, research, risk/benefit
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Welcome to FDA Enforcement
This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series. For more information, click here. By Kayte Spector-Bagdady, J.D., M.Bioethics “This is me, my DNA. It helps make me who I am…I might have an increased risk of heart … Continue reading
