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CRISPR

Can you hear me know?

Human embryo

Russian Researcher Plans To Gene-Edit Embryos To Cure Deafness

Is that kind of gene-editing unethical?

Ronald Bailey | 7.18.2019 3:35 PM

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Designer Babies

Gene-Edited Kids Can Be Safely Released into the Wild Human Gene Pool

Despite bioethical handwringing, they pose no special risks to future generations

Ronald Bailey | 4.4.2019 2:40 PM

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CRISPR

First Gene-Edited Crop Coming to a Store Near You

Great news for consumers and farmers.

Ronald Bailey | 3.19.2019 10:45 AM

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CRISPR

Global Gene-Edited Baby Ban Urged

Why should an international panel of experts get to decide if you will be allowed to gene-edit your kids?

Ronald Bailey | 3.14.2019 6:00 PM

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CRISPR

Making Malaria Mosquitoes Extinct Using Engineered Gene-Drives

"If my kids lived in Africa, I'd say, 'Go for it as quickly as possible,'" says researcher.

Ronald Bailey | 2.20.2019 12:35 PM

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CRISPR

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.

Ronald Bailey | 1.25.2019 11:15 AM

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Eugenics

Government-Enforced Eugenics Is Always Wrong

Parents, not bureaucrats, have the moral authority to decide whether to gene-edit prospective progeny.

Ronald Bailey | 1.11.2019 1:20 PM

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Biotechnology

How Can I Preorder a Crate of Spicy Tomatoes?

Revving up pepper hotness in tomatoes using CRISPR genome-editing

Ronald Bailey | 1.9.2019 11:30 AM

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Reasontv

Biohacking, CRISPR, and Genomic Freedom with Josiah Zayner

Tune in and participate in Reason's livestream interview tonight.

Zach Weissmueller | 12.17.2018 4:00 PM

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China

Searching for New Atlantis in China

A whirlwind tour of a world being born

Michael Gibson | 12.7.2018 7:00 AM

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Designer Babies

Is Gene-Editing Babies Now 'Monstrously Immoral'?

Flinging around such terms is not helpful and does not advance the debate.

Ronald Bailey | 11.29.2018 4:00 PM

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CRISPR

First Genome-Edited Babies?

If it's safe, then it's ethical. No need for a global moratorium.

Ronald Bailey | 11.26.2018 2:35 PM

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CRISPR

Idiots on the European Court of Justice Rule Modern Gene-Edited Crops Must Be Overregulated

"A backward step, not progress"

Ronald Bailey | 7.25.2018 4:45 PM

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CRISPR

Adventures in Home Biohacking with CRISPR

I made antibiotic-resistant E. coli in my kitchen, and the world didn't end.

Ronald Bailey | 5.31.2018 12:00 AM

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CRISPR

Don't Overregulate CRISPR Genome Editing

"Governments should follow the principle of regulatory parsimony," two bioethicists argue.

Ronald Bailey | 4.19.2018 5:00 PM

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Designer Babies

Breakthrough: Human Embryos Successfully and Safely Gene-Edited

Anti-designer baby bioethicists call for "an immediate global ban."

Ronald Bailey | 8.2.2017 4:01 PM

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Designer Babies

First Gene-Edited Human Embryos in the U.S.

Breakthrough that could cure genetic diseases before embryos are implanted in their mothers' wombs.

Ronald Bailey | 7.27.2017 2:00 PM

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CRISPR

CRISPR and the Dawn of the New Biotech Revolution

Cures for HIV/AIDS and specifically targeted antibiotics

Ronald Bailey | 5.3.2017 12:15 PM

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FDA

Scientifically Absurd Proposed FDA Regulations on Genetically Improved Livestock Should Be Withdrawn Immediately

"If DNA is a drug, then all life on Earth is high."

Ronald Bailey | 1.25.2017 12:45 PM

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Technology

3 Technologies Will Utterly Transform Your World in the Next Decade

Blockchain, CRISPR, and Machine Learning

Ronald Bailey | 12.30.2016 12:05 PM

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CRISPR

Will Gene-Editing Technologies Spark the Next Cold War? They Already Have.

The folks behind CRISPR gene editing were runners-up for Time's Person of the Year. Their creation may win the future for secular China.

Nick Gillespie | 12.15.2016 11:30 AM

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CRISPR

Can Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Save The World From Zika?

A look at several mosquito-modification projects and the political and cultural pushback they're facing.

Zach Weissmueller | 12.2.2016 12:39 PM

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Designer Babies

'Designer Baby' Scaremongering Never Gets Old, Does It?

Swedish researcher denounced by bioconservatives for using CRISPR genome-editing on human embryos

Ronald Bailey | 9.22.2016 12:15 PM

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Policy

Break Up Big Seed!

Don't regulate modern safe crops created using CRISPR gene-editing.

Ronald Bailey | 5.27.2016 1:30 PM

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Policy

CRISPR Critters: Regulators and the New Gene Revolution in Agriculture

More, better, and safer food - but only if regulators will stay out of the way.

Ronald Bailey | 3.11.2016 1:30 PM

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CRISPR

CRISPR Critters and the New Gene Revolution in Agriculture: New at Reason

"We are now at the dawn of the gene-editing age."

Ronald Bailey | 3.11.2016 1:30 PM

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Politics

Should the Government Stop You from Gene Editing Your Kids?

Ordering people to reproduce in only government approved ways is tyrannical and unethical.

Ronald Bailey | 2.26.2016 1:30 PM

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Eugenics

Should You Be Allowed to Gene Edit Your Kids?: New at Reason

State mandated eugenics is always evil.

Ronald Bailey | 2.26.2016 1:30 PM

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CRISPR

Genetically Modifying Human Embryos Is OK, Say U.K. Regulators

Researchers will use CRISPR gene-editing technique to explore how human embryos develop.

Ronald Bailey | 2.1.2016 11:40 AM

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CRISPR

Gene-Editing Bacteria and Yeast at Home Using CRISPR Kits

DIY bio for the masses

Ronald Bailey | 1.13.2016 10:42 AM

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Vegetarianism

Everybody Hates Vegans, More Accurate CRISPR Gene-Editing, and Welcome to the Anthropocene

A scitech research and policy round up for January 8, 2016

Ronald Bailey | 1.8.2016 10:33 AM

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Science

Conservative Deviance Detection, CRISPR Cures Muscular Dystrophy, and Virtual Reality Ethics

A scitech research and policy roundup

Ronald Bailey | 1.4.2016 10:26 AM

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Science

Top 8 SciTech Policy Stories of 2015

Number 8 is that viewing cat videos is good for you.

Ronald Bailey | 12.29.2015 3:04 PM

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CRISPR

CRISPR Gene-Editing Is Scientific "Breakthrough of the Year"

"If scientists can dream of a genetic manipulation, CRISPR can now make it happen"

Ronald Bailey | 12.21.2015 12:17 PM

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Policy

Human Gene Editing Research Should Proceed, Concludes Historic Tech Summit

Anticipating the amazing innovations made possible by CRISPR

Ronald Bailey | 12.4.2015 12:30 PM

Ronald Bailey

KPCC Radio at 11:30 PDT—Ronald Bailey Debates Designer Babies and CRISPR Gene-Editing

On the Larry Mantle Show today in Los Angeles

Ronald Bailey | 10.15.2015 2:05 PM

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Genetic Engineering

Cheap Fast Powerful Gene-Editing Will Soon Change the World

Bioethicists are again trying to stand athwart progress, yelling stop

Ronald Bailey | 10.9.2015 1:30 PM

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CRISPR

Easy New Gene Editing Technique CRISPR Conjures Fears of a Brave New World

Is it immoral to slow progress toward curing diseases and creating more environmentally benign products?

Ronald Bailey | 7.24.2015 10:41 AM

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Biotechnology

Ronald Bailey Hangs Out WIth the Bioethicists at the BEINGS 2015 Summit

Is life better than death; health better disease; wealth better than poverty? Opinions vary.

Reason Staff | 5.22.2015 1:30 PM

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Politics

Block Biotech Progress or Embrace It? Bioethicists Debate What's to Come.

Is progress itself an ethical obligation? Opinions vary.

Ronald Bailey | 5.22.2015 10:00 AM

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Policy

Gene-Editing Human Embryos Is Ethical

Bioethicists and scientists who say otherwise are wrong.

Ronald Bailey | 5.1.2015 10:30 AM

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Biotechnology

Another Pointless Human Gene-Editing Moratorium

Now watch the bioluddites swarm out of the policy woodwork.

Ronald Bailey | 3.20.2015 11:23 AM

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