Source: Time By SARAH GRAY February 27, 2018 Barbra Streisand cloned a beloved dog, as revealed in a wide-ranging cover story for Variety. Her two pups Miss Violet and Miss Scarlett (who appear […]
Source: BBC News US scientists believe they have identified a new gene mutation that can raise the risk of ovarian cancer, and is passed from father to daughter. It is […]
Source: BBC By James Gallagher, Health and science correspondent, BBC News Human eggs have been grown in the laboratory for the first time, say researchers at the University of Edinburgh. […]
A Report of the Witherspoon Council on Ethics and the Integrity of Science The Threat of Human Cloning Ethics, Recent Developments, and the Case for Action Executive Summary • Preface: Cloning Then and Now • 1. Scientific and Historical Background 2. The Case Against Cloning-to-Produce-Children • 3. The Case Against Cloning-for-Biomedical-Research 4. Cloning Policy in the United […]
Source: CNN By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN)For the first time, scientists say they created cloned primates using the same complicated cloning technique that made Dolly the sheep in 1996. Shanghai scientists created […]
Source: BBC By James Gallagher; Health and science correspondent, BBC News Testing all women for the “Angelina Jolie gene”, even if not considered at risk, would prevent cancers, save lives […]
Source: CNN By Serenitie Wang, Matt Rivers and Shunhe Wang, CNN Beijing (CNN)With his black, brown and white fur, Longlong looks like most beagles. But the puppy has been sick with a blood-clotting […]
Source: BBC News By Melissa Hogenboom Our quest to understand how our genes work started in earnest in the mid-19th Century when a biologist and monk called Gregor Mendel came […]
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher British doctors say they have achieved “mind-blowing” results in an attempt to rid people of haemophilia A. Patients are born with a genetic defect […]
Source: Carnegie Mellon University The Technology May Offer Minimally Invasive Treatment for Genetic Disorders of the Blood By Jocelyn Duffy / 412-268-9982 / jhduffy@andrew.cmu.edu A next-generation gene-editing system developed by Carnegie […]
Source: CNN By Susan Scutti (CNN)A man may soon be forever free of the previously incurable disease he was born with 44 years ago. On Monday, in a medical first, […]
Source: BBC By James Gallagher; Health and science reporter, BBC News website Scientists have demonstrated an “incredibly powerful” ability to manipulate the building blocks of life in two separate studies. […]
For our collection of articles about genetics please find the tab under the main menu Religion & Science DNA surgery on embryos removes disease Source: BBC News By James Gallagher; Health […]
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher; Health and science reporter, BBC News website Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Precise “chemical surgery” has been performed on human embryos to remove disease in a world […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY David Masci Human enhancement is at least as old as human civilization. People have been trying to enhance their physical and mental capabilities for thousands […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY CARY FUNK, BRIAN KENNEDY AND ELIZABETH PODREBARAC SCIUPAC The potential genetic modification of humans and its ramifications have long been debated, but a recent scientific breakthrough in gene editing […]
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News website Image copyrightEGENESIS The most genetically modified animals in existence have been created to help end a shortage […]
Source: Religion News Service By Yonat Shimron | August 3, 2017 (RNS) — News that scientists for the first time successfully edited genes in human embryos created a stir this week. In the […]
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News website Image copyrightOHSUImage captionPictures of the genetically modified embryos Scientists have, for the first time, successfully freed embryos […]
Source: Huffington Post Amanda MacMillan Jun 02, 2017 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. Tea has been linked to numerous health benefits, from a reduced risk of heart attacks […]
