Is Russia Creating A Nazi-Style Army of Genetic Supersoldiers? Michael Peck. The National Interest•July 5, 2019 Want to be a Russian paratrooper or tank commander? Then you’d better hope you have the right genes. The Russian military will be assigning soldiers based on their “genetic passports.” “The project […]
A Lab-Made Human ‘Embryo’ Has Revealed a Truly Magical Step in Human Development MIKE MCRAE. 3 JUL 2019. Science Alert. Several weeks after conception, your body underwent a big step in development – you grew a top end and a bottom end. But how exactly our cells figure […]
Biotech & Human Identity: The Danger Of Tampering With Our Genetic Code PNW. July 2, 2019 When we use our bodies in ways that they are not designed for, bad things can happen. Non-reproductive sexual practices can damage the body in a variety of ways, ranging from STDs […]
‘It just really ethically scares me’: Caution urged as scientists look to create human-monkey chimeras Some Alzheimer’s researchers are proposing the creation of human-monkey chimeras — part-human beings with entire portions of the brain entirely human derived The monkeys in Douglas Munoz’s Kingston lab look like other monkeys. […]
Matthew 24:37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Genesis 6:9, 11, 12 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was […]
CRISPR babies: when will the world be ready? Efforts to make heritable changes to the human genome are fraught with uncertainty. Here’s what it would take to make the technique safe and acceptable. 24 JUNE 2019. nature. international journal of science. Jeff Carroll had been married for six […]
Russian biologist plans more CRISPR-edited babies The proposal follows a Chinese scientist who claimed to have created twins from edited embryos last year. 10 JUNE 2019. nature.com A Russian scientist says he is planning to produce gene-edited babies, an act that would make him only the second person […]
Alarmed by new ‘CRISPR babies’ plan, top science figures say they’re powerless to stop it By RICK BERKE JUNE 24, 2019. Stat news. ASPEN, Colo. — Two influential leaders in science for the first time publicly condemned a Russian biologist who said he plans to produce gene-edited babies but conceded […]
CRISPR gene editing explained: What is it and how does it work? Everything you need to know about the gene-editing breakthrough that one day could cure disease, eradicate species and build designer babies. JACKSON RYAN. FEBRUARY 28, 2019. CNET We are in the midst of a gene-editing revolution. […]
Using CRISPR to resurrect the dead Gene-editing breakthroughs could allow us to bring extinct species, like the woolly mammoth, back from the dead. But should we? BY JACKSON RYAN. JUN 19, 2019. CNET t really is worse than you think. We’ve gorged ourselves on fossil fuels, vacuumed up the […]
