Is the UK too quick on the draw about 3-parent babies?
Two American bioethicists have questioned the haste with which the United Kingdom is seeking to legalise mitochondrial transfer Two American bioethicists have questioned the haste...
Nature backs mitochondrial transfer
The world’s most prestigious science journal, Nature, has thrown its weight behind the legalisation of “three-parent embryos”. The world’s most prestigious science journal, Nature, has...
Playing with fire
Hi there, One of America’s leading bioethicists, Thomas H. Murray, of The Hastings Center, has called for a national debate on so-called “mitochondrial transfer” (see...
“Mitochondrial transfer” is a misnomer: Stuart Newman
A leading US scientist has delivered a broadside at the scientific ignorance and spin involved in the debate. Both in the US and the UK,...
“Mitochondrial transfer” is dangerous: Maureen Condic
Some women are carriers of a genetic disease because of defective mitochondria. Replace hers with healthy mitochondria donated by a another woman. Result: a healthy...
US must debate “mitochondrial transfer”: Thomas H. Murray
The former head of the Hastings Centre for Bioethics has written a forceful opinion editorial in Science calling for “a nationwide conversation about current and...
UK to press ahead with 3-parent IVF babies
Chief Medical Officer announces the launch of a consultation. While the US Food and Drug Administration examines the possibility of allowing “three-parent embryos” to fight...
FDA to study “three-parent embryos”
Will it open the door to eugenics through genetic engineering? On February 25 and 26 the US Food and Drug Administration will discuss the possibility...
Stunning discovery creates ethical stem cells
Immersing cells in acid creates pluripotent stem cells? Who could believe that? But it could be the future. It’s the ultimate confirmation of the notion...
Politicians denounce three-parent embryos as “eugenic”
Opponents of the UK’s plans to legalise “three-parent embryos” have not given up. Opponents of the UK’s plans to legalise “three-parent embryos” have not given...
Grave concern about the safety of new IVF procedure
A paper published this week in the journal Science questioned the safety an IVF procedure designed to prevent mitochondrial diseases in children. A paper published...
Don’t the Royals have a right to genetic privacy, too?
The London Times splashed the genetic heritage of Prince Harry and Prince William across their front page recently. The London Times splashed the genetic heritage...