Genetic Engineering, DNA, Ethics and Science

This biologist built a living robot from frog cells — and it could hold the key to the future of regenerative medicine:This interview is an episode … (2023)

My conclusion is that in a colonized universe the probability of the annihilation of the human race could actually rise rather than… "But ... (2020)

Genetic Selection is Happening Already. Here's How it Works. (2023)

Check out the science of biohacking, where biologists go into a patient’s genetic code and reprogram their immune system to recognize and fight can... (2022)

Humanity’s Awesome, Terrifying Takeover of Evolution Walter Isaacson and Ezra Klein discuss the implications of humanity’s awesome, terrifying ... (2021)

The case for genetically engineering a smarter human-cyborg population to avoid the threat of existential catastrophe. Radical cognitive enhance... (2018)

Morality, Foresight, and Human Flourishing has 7 ratings and 1 review. Tucker said: Good overview of how to go about thinking of existential risks ... (2018)

With its cutesy curls and plaintive eyes, it’s no wonder the labradoodle became America’s second-favorite dog in 2010. But the man who first inven... (2018)

New biomedical techniques, like next-generation genome sequencing, are creating vast amounts of data and transforming the scientific landscape. The... (2018)

A daring effort is under way to create the first children whose DNA has been tailored using gene editing. (2018)

FOR THE past four billion years or so the only way for life on Earth to produce a sequence of DNA—a gene—was by copying a sequence it already had t... (2019)

Controversial GMO Mosquito Experiment To Fight Malaria Kicks Off : Goats and Soda : The insects were created, using CRISPR, to carry a powerful... (2019)

New research suggests that a controversial gene-editing experiment to make children resistant to HIV may also have enhanced their ability to learn ... (2019)

Tiny proteins help power muscles and provide the toxic punch to many venoms (2019)

The alleged creation of the world's first gene-edited infants was full of technical errors and ethical blunders. Here are the 15 most damning details. (2018)

A researcher’s claim that two CRISPR-edited baby girls have been born has been met with widespread condemnation from scientists and ethicists alike. (2018)

Cryptocurrency, biohacking, and the fantastic plan for transgenic humans. (2019)

The ethics of DNA editing are being established years after CRISPR technology has been available to the public... (2019)

Technology’s ability to rewrite our genetic code is becoming one of the most powerful therapeutic arsenals of all time. We’ve gone from small molec... (2019)

Backers say changes needed to spur innovation, but critics disagree (2019)

In a milestone for synthetic biology, colonies of E. coli thrive with DNA constructed from scratch by humans, not nature. (2019)

Australian bioethicist Julian Savulescu has a knack for provocation. Take human cloning. He says most of us would readily accept it… (2019)

The Chinese scientist and two associates were sentenced after a secret trial. (2019)

64x Bio announced today that they are emerging from stealth and are describing for the first time their proprietary VectorSelectTM platform and vision (2020)

How Can We Avoid the Mistakes of the Past? Eugenics is the idea that people can improve humanity by regulating who is allowed to reproduce and ... (2020)

The COVID-19 vaccines were a high-stakes fulfillment of the key promise RNA companies had made — that once we know what protein needs to be targete... (2021)