RUSSIAN BIOLOGIST PLEDGES TO CREATE MORE CRISPR-EDITED BABIES Futurism.com June 10, 2019 When news broke that Chinese researcher He Jiankui had used CRISPR to gene-edit a pair of human babies, researchers across the world expressed shock and called for a moratorium on similar experiments. But that’s not stopping Russian biologist Denis Rebrikov, who told Nature that […]
Blog note. Jesus indicated that ‘fearful sights’ (various natural disasters) would occur leading up to the time known as the Tribulation and Great Tribulation (a combined seven year period of great destruction on earth). Although these types of things have occurred in the past for centuries and thousands […]
THIRD GENE-HACKED BABY’S IMPENDING BIRTH HAS SCIENTISTS SCRAMBLING Futurism.com. May 23, 2019 When the now-infamous Chinese scientist He Jiankui brought twin gene-hacked baby girls into the world, the scientific community and world governments condemned his research and insisted on stronger safeguards to keep it from happening again. Now, CNBC reports that the next gene-hacked baby from […]
THIS DIY BIOHACKER IS UNDER INVESTIGATION Futurisism.com May 16, 2019 Josiah Zayner rose to internet fame after performing various biohacking stunts on himself — including a livestreamed attempt to edit his own genes using CRISPR. Those antics are coming to haunt Zayner. Now, the California Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) is investigating a “complaint of unlicensed practice […]
What is gene editing and how can it be used to rewrite the code of life? The Guardian. 2018. Ian Sample, Science Editor. We now have a precise way to correct, replace or even delete faulty DNA. Ian Sample explains the science, the risks and what the future may hold […]
Cambridge scientists create world’s first living organism with fully redesigned DNA The Guardian.com. Wednesday, May 15,2019. Scientists have created the world’s first living organism that has a fully synthetic and radically altered DNA code. The lab-made microbe, a strain of bacteria that is normally found in soil and […]
After you spit into a tube for a DNA test like 23andMe, experts say you shouldn’t assume your data will stay private forever Erin Brodwin. Feb. 16, 2019, 9:05 AM. Business Insider. The data you shared with a genetic testing startup like 23andMe is private — for now. But maintaining […]
United Nations Calls for Registry of Human Gene-Editing Projects An advisory committee fell short of calling for a ban on the technology. Dan Robitzski. March 21st 2019. Futurism.com New Rules The World Health Organization (WHO), an agency of the United Nations, is trying to sort out how scientists could […]
Human Gene-Editing Trials Get Underway. An overview of CRISPR. NPR. April 16, 2019 The powerful gene-editing technique called CRISPR has been in the news a lot. And not all the news has been good: A Chinese scientist stunned the world last year when he announced he had used CRISPR to create genetically […]
SCIENTISTS PLAN TO CLONE EXTINCT HORSE USING 42,000-YEAR-OLD BLOOD April 16, 2019. Futurism.com Last year, scientists found a 42,000-year-old Lena Horse foal — those are extinct, by the way — frozen in Siberian permafrost. Now, they hope that they can clone the long-dead horse back into existence, according to Gizmodo, using liquid blood samples researchers […]
