Anneesa Amjad is a former Volunteer Writer at BioNews.
Chinese scientists have injected CRISPR/Cas9 gene-edited cells into a human for the first time...
In this podcast, Radiolab presenter Molly Webster explores the origins of the 14-day rule — the internationally agreed two-week time constraint on growing embryos in a lab...
A scientist in Sweden has become the first to edit genes in healthy human embryos...
A prominent bioethicist in the USA has suggested that most of the ethical concerns surrounding the creation of animal-human chimera embryos using human pluripotent stem cells could be reasonably addressed...
A survey has found that a majority of adults in the USA are worried about the potential use of genome-editing technologies to give children a reduced risk of disease...
A British biotech company has purchased a biobank containing the genetic information of almost 13,000 genealogically linked residents from the region of Ogliastre in Sardinia...
The Dutch government is planning to change the law to allow for the creation of human embryos for research...
An international body representing stem cell scientists has included human genome editing in its updated guidance on the manipulation of stem cells and their use in therapy...
A study has identified two gene variants that increase the likelihood of a woman having twins and could explain why twins appears to run in families...
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