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The National Health Research Ethics Council (NHREC) has confirmed that heritable human genome editing (HHGE) remains illegal in South Africa, after changes in the latest version of the South African Ethics in Health Research Guidelines sparked concern among researchers that...

A little-noticed change to South Africa’s national health research guidelines, published in May of this year, has put the country on an ethical precipice. The newly added language appears to position the country as the first to explicitly permit...

IN THE FALL OF 2016, I gave a talk at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton titled “Are Robots...

A US startup company is offering to help wealthy couples screen their embryos for IQ using controversial technology that raises...

ivf
By Ruth Retassie, PET | 10.21.2024

Former IVF patients in the USA have filed class action lawsuits against several companies for misleading them about the efficacy...

sickle cell
By Gina Kolata, The New York Times | 10.21.2024

Kendric Cromer, 12, left Children’s National Hospital in a wheelchair on Wednesday, wearing a T-shirt and cap printed with designs...

dna
By Nila Bala, Los Angeles Times | 10.21.2024

Turmoil at 23andMe, a company offering popular at-home DNA testing, has upset the industry. Following the resignation of every independent...

DNA on Money
By Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 10.19.2024

A US-based startup called Heliospect Genomics is charging parents tens of thousands of dollars to "screen" embryos they conceive for...

gene therapy graphic
By Fyodor Urnov, The CRIPSR Journal | 10.18.2024

The field of clinical gene editing has a bona fide crisis on its hands—a crisis that has to, and can...

tasmanian tiger
By Isaac Schultz, Gizmodo | 10.18.2024

Colossal Biosciences, a company mainly known for intending to genetically engineer proxies for several iconic extinct species, announced this week...

embryo
By Tomoko Otake, The Japan Times | 10.17.2024

Screening embryos during in-vitro fertilization to select those with fewer genetic risks for common diseases and certain physical traits is...