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Technologies
A little-known gene editor, tested with help from a disgraced gene therapist seeking redemption, may have cured a 1-year-old boy...
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Following an annual CGS tradition, we present a selection of our favorite Biopolitical Times posts...
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in the biotech industry seems boundless. Its combination with CRISPR could be the one...
Since its discovery in the early 1940s, epigenetics has been established as a key driver of human development, health, aging...
Policies
On January 8, 2025, Nature published an article titled Heritable polygenic editing: the next frontier in genomic medicine? (The term...
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The planned deregulation of new GMOs (new genomic techniques, NGTs) in the EU would...
As Donald Trump’s return to the White House looms, dismantling the most dangerous weapons in the arsenal of executive power...
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Following an annual CGS tradition, we present a selection of our favorite Biopolitical Times posts...
Society
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There’s a dominant...
The first time Jamie Cassidy was pregnant, the fetus had a genetic mutation so devastating that she and her husband...
Updates to South African research ethics guidelines which recognize significant potential for treating genetic diseases through heritable human genome editing...
Lisa Holligan already had two children when she decided to try for another baby. Her first two pregnancies had come...
Perspectives
Mia used to say she’d never do in vitro fertilization. It’s a detail that feels significant now, looking back on...
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Following an annual CGS tradition, we present a selection of our favorite Biopolitical Times posts...
As more people access fertility services in their journeys to becoming parents, Toronto Metropolitan University professor Katie Hammond says the...