Nuffield Council publishes preliminary ethical review of genome editing
Use of genome editing in human reproduction requires 'urgent ethical scrutiny', according to a report published by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics...
Rachel Siden is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews. She originally studied Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and went on to obtain an MA in Bioethics and Society from King's College London. She is currently a qualitative health researcher at Stanford University interested in LGBTQ+ health and wellness.
by Rachel Siden
Use of genome editing in human reproduction requires 'urgent ethical scrutiny', according to a report published by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics...
by Rachel Siden
Half of Me is a play aimed at a young audience, and tells the story of children born through Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)...
by Rachel Siden
Chinese scientists plan to start the first-ever clinical trial of CRISPR genome-editing technology in humans — on patients with lung cancer — this August...
by Rachel Siden
Donor-conceived children born to single women are equally well adjusted as those from two-parent donor-conceived families, according to a recent UK study examining the views of single mothers and children aged between four and nine years old...
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Hundreds of genes become active after death and can stay active for up to four days, according to a study...
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Adding more genes to existing multi-gene panels that test for breast and ovarian cancer risk offers little clinical benefit, a study says...
by Rachel Siden
AstraZeneca has signed deals with the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and two other institutions to launch one of the largest genome-sequencing efforts yet undertaken...
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