In 1982, when I wrote my first ethics column for Genetic Engineering News, enthusiasm for genetic engineering’s potential to remake medicine, manufacturing, and agriculture was set against grave ...

Siraj Wahhaj and the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing . . . Again Audio By Carbonatix Our pal Andrew Stuttaford tweeted a story about a CRISPR genetic engineering experiment from the Financial Times. I ...

How do cutting-edge science and technology respond to ethical and legal issues when incorporated into society? These issues are known as ethical, legal and social issues, or “ELSI” for short, and ...

What if you could screen embryos for diseases before they became babies? What if you had the power to choose the traits your baby would have? Would you use it? These practically polar opposite ...

Want a bespoke baby? Check the beauty, brains, or brawn boxes on the embryo order form. Genetic tinkering is no longer science fiction — it’s a market without legal guidelines or societal buy-in. But ...

If you are inspired by the promise of science and technology, and aware of the inherent risks, there is a place for you here. We focus on the contemporary philosophical issues of engineering and ...

Dr. Karoly Mirnics runs the Munroe-Meyer Institute at UNMC Dr. Omar Abdul-Rahman founded UNMC’s Center of Genetic Research. In a few short years, the parents of a newborn will know the baby’s full ...

Genetic engineering is moving from the lab bench into clinics, farms, and even family planning decisions, promising to change how we prevent disease, age, and define human potential. The same tools ...

The Coos Bay Public Library is pleased to sponsor a Chautauqua presentation by Gregory L. Fowler, of Oregon Health and Sciences University, entitled "Redefining Humanity: Moral and Ethical ...

Raghav Gupta is majoring in neuroscience with a minor in philosophy and is a 2022-23 health care ethics intern at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are his own. During the Christmas of ...