Tag Archives: DNA

Biohacking: How a DIY Approach to Biology Can Shape Our Future

Posted on October 31, 2019 by

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 →

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Worried about your privacy? Your genome isn’t the biggest threat.

Posted on June 28, 2018 by

This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Tom Tomlinson, PhD It was good news to learn last month that the “Golden State Killer” had at last been identified and apprehended. A very evil man gets … Continue reading →

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Gene Editing: God’s Will or God’s Won’t

Posted on November 30, 2017 by

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 →

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Designing Children: Patents and the Market are not Sufficient Regulation

Posted on November 20, 2014 by

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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Mighty mitochondria: a tiny organelle that can, and should, save lives

Posted on June 26, 2014 by

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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Welcome to FDA Enforcement

Posted on January 2, 2014 by

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 →

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