Is human germline editing compatible with human dignity?
Human germline editing, whether it is for health reasons or for the more ambitious project of Transhumanism, is intensely controversial. International bioethics agreements ban or...
US scientists claim that they can scan the whole genome of an IVF embryo
A California company claims that it can read nearly the entire genome of an early embryo after extracting a single cell. In an article in...
‘The Tasmanian Tiger will walk again.’ Dream on, scientists say
De-extinction is a romantic dream. What if woolly mammoths could once again tread the Siberian tundra. Or thylacines lope through the bush of Tasmania? Or...
Genetic genealogy can be a testing hobby
Genetic genealogy has become a popular hobby over the past several years, thanks to direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing and relative-finder services offered by some genetic...
Predicting an embryo’s future with ‘polygenic risk scores’ is ‘unproven’ and ‘unethical’, say experts
“Advanced embryo genetic testing. Choose your healthiest embryo.” This is the slogan of Genomic Prediction, an American company which is selling polygenic risk scores (PRSs)...