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CRISPR and the future: Can we edit out genetic diseases?

We're living in a moment where science fiction is becoming medical reality. Imagine a world where doctors can simply rewrite ...
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'Enhancing' future generations with CRISPR is a road to a 'new eugenics,' says ethicist Rosemarie Garland-Thomson

"Eugenics seeks to improve by eliminating the characteristics considered at a particular time and place to be disadvantages and to maximize those considered normal." When you purchase through links on ...
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CRISPR researchers revived an ancient gene that could block disease

Researchers have used CRISPR to switch back on a gene that vanished from the human lineage roughly 20 million years ago, ...
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'Who are we to say they shouldn't exist?': Dr. Neal Baer on the threat of CRISPR-driven eugenics

Dr. Neal Baer discusses a new book about the incredible promise and potential pitfalls of CRISPR gene-editing technology. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...