CRISPR Genome Editing and the Future of Down Syndrome Treatment
The ethics of using safe gene therapies to improve the health and cognition of Down syndrome children and adults.
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DIY Genome Editing at Only $2 a Pop
Avoiding regulation, DIYBio becomes cheaper and more available.
CRISPR Mustard Greens Test America's Appetite for Designer Veggies
The North Carolina–based biotech startup Pairwise will begin selling genetically modified and better-tasting mustard greens.
Russian Researcher Plans To Gene-Edit Embryos To Cure Deafness
Is that kind of gene-editing unethical?
Gene-Edited Kids Can Be Safely Released into the Wild Human Gene Pool
Despite bioethical handwringing, they pose no special risks to future generations
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?
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.
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.
Government-Enforced Eugenics Is Always Wrong
Parents, not bureaucrats, have the moral authority to decide whether to gene-edit prospective progeny.
How Can I Preorder a Crate of Spicy Tomatoes?
Revving up pepper hotness in tomatoes using CRISPR genome-editing
Biohacking, CRISPR, and Genomic Freedom with Josiah Zayner
Tune in and participate in Reason's livestream interview tonight.
Is Gene-Editing Babies Now 'Monstrously Immoral'?
Flinging around such terms is not helpful and does not advance the debate.
First Genome-Edited Babies?
If it's safe, then it's ethical. No need for a global moratorium.
Idiots on the European Court of Justice Rule Modern Gene-Edited Crops Must Be Overregulated
"A backward step, not progress"
Adventures in Home Biohacking with CRISPR
I made antibiotic-resistant E. coli in my kitchen, and the world didn't end.
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.
CRISPR and the Dawn of the New Biotech Revolution
Cures for HIV/AIDS and specifically targeted antibiotics
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."
3 Technologies Will Utterly Transform Your World in the Next Decade
Blockchain, CRISPR, and Machine Learning
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.
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.
'Designer Baby' Scaremongering Never Gets Old, Does It?
Swedish researcher denounced by bioconservatives for using CRISPR genome-editing on human embryos
CRISPR Critters and the New Gene Revolution in Agriculture: New at Reason
"We are now at the dawn of the gene-editing age."
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.
Should You Be Allowed to Gene Edit Your Kids?: New at Reason
State mandated eugenics is always evil.
Should the Government Stop You from Gene Editing Your Kids?
Ordering people to reproduce in only government approved ways is tyrannical and unethical.
Genetically Modifying Human Embryos Is OK, Say U.K. Regulators
Researchers will use CRISPR gene-editing technique to explore how human embryos develop.
Everybody Hates Vegans, More Accurate CRISPR Gene-Editing, and Welcome to the Anthropocene
A scitech research and policy round up for January 8, 2016
Conservative Deviance Detection, CRISPR Cures Muscular Dystrophy, and Virtual Reality Ethics
A scitech research and policy roundup
CRISPR Gene-Editing Is Scientific "Breakthrough of the Year"
"If scientists can dream of a genetic manipulation, CRISPR can now make it happen"
Human Gene Editing Research Should Proceed, Concludes Historic Tech Summit
Anticipating the amazing innovations made possible by CRISPR
KPCC Radio at 11:30 PDT - Ronald Bailey Debates Designer Babies and CRISPR Gene-Editing
On the Larry Mantle Show today in Los Angeles
Cheap Fast Powerful Gene-Editing Will Soon Change the World
Bioethicists are again trying to stand athwart progress, yelling stop
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 Hangs Out WIth the Bioethicists at the BEINGS 2015 Summit
Is life better than death; health better disease; wealth better than poverty? Opinions vary.
Block Biotech Progress or Embrace It? Bioethicists Debate What's to Come.
Is progress itself an ethical obligation? Opinions vary.
Gene-Editing Human Embryos Is Ethical
Bioethicists and scientists who say otherwise are wrong.
Another Pointless Human Gene-Editing Moratorium
Now watch the bioluddites swarm out of the policy woodwork.
