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Human embryo
Virginia Courts Won't Split Ownership of Divorced Couple's Embryos
"The unique nature of each human embryo means that an equal division cannot conveniently be made," writes a Virginia judge.
Baptists, Bootleggers, and IVF in Alabama
Did the Alabama legislature's response to a controversial state supreme court decision give a special interest special treatment?
Parents, Not the Government, Should Make IVF Decisions
Two-thirds of Americans oppose the Alabama ruling that claims frozen embryos are equivalent to children.
Researchers Create Artificial Eggs, Chimeric Sperm, and Synthetic Embryos
All of these advances are in mice for now, but maybe these breakthroughs can one day be adapted as human therapies.
Rogue Chinese Genome Editor Sentenced to Three Years in Prison
He Jiankui's moral failings should not be used as an excuse to delay a technology that could prevent inheritable diseases.
Genetically Modified Babies Are Ethically OK
A U.K. bioethicist makes the case for deploying CRISPR gene-editing to modify human embryos in the next two years.
Russian Researcher Plans To Gene-Edit Embryos To Cure Deafness
Is that kind of gene-editing unethical?
Choosing Smart Embryos Isn't Immoral
It would be deeply immoral to require parents to select for particular traits, but it is also wrong to deny them the chance to make life easier for their children.
Should We Be Worried About How Gene-Edited Kids Will Affect Future Generations?
A new international commission will consider the pros and cons of human genome editing.
First Genome-Edited Babies?
If it's safe, then it's ethical. No need for a global moratorium.
Don't Overregulate CRISPR Genome Editing
"Governments should follow the principle of regulatory parsimony," two bioethicists argue.
Breakthrough: Human Embryos Successfully and Safely Gene-Edited
Anti-designer baby bioethicists call for "an immediate global ban."
First Gene-Edited Human Embryos in the U.S.
Breakthrough that could cure genetic diseases before embryos are implanted in their mothers' wombs.
Skin Cells Into Babies: Bioethicists Freakout Again
Will most babies be created using in vitro gametogenesis in 40 years?
Of Artificial Mice and Men Embryos
Creation of artificial mouse embryos provokes bioethical handwringing about designer babies
'Designer Baby' Scaremongering Never Gets Old, Does It?
Swedish researcher denounced by bioconservatives for using CRISPR genome-editing on human embryos
Designer Babies and Human Enhancement: Ronald Bailey Lectures in Moscow
Also most babies will be created using skin cells and the bioethics of radical life extension
Human-Animal Chimeras Are O.K., Argues Ronald Bailey on NPR's Airtalk
National Institutes of Health bioethicists agree with me and lift research moratorium
Mom and Dad and Mom Know Best
Three-parent babies are now possible. Congress should get out of the way.
Genetically Modifying Human Embryos Is OK, Say U.K. Regulators
Researchers will use CRISPR gene-editing technique to explore how human embryos develop.
CRISPR Gene-Editing Is Scientific "Breakthrough of the Year"
"If scientists can dream of a genetic manipulation, CRISPR can now make it happen"
Gene-Editing Human Embryos Is Ethical
Bioethicists and scientists who say otherwise are wrong.
Who Owns Frozen Human Embryos?: Nick Loeb vs. Sofia Vergara
A contract is a contract, but a more generous spirit might relent
Nobel Laureates Call For Halting Scientific and Ethical Progress
Permissionless innovation works best for both scientific and moral progress.
