May 22, 2023
(Wired) – In a future when gene therapy can tweak a person’s genome precisely enough to cure them of severe disease, treating earlier will often be better—and the womb is as early as it gets. Last week, at the annual meeting … Read More
May 18, 2023
(AP) — Britain’s fertility regulator on Wednesday confirmed the births of the U.K.’s first babies created using an experimental technique combining DNA from three people, an effort to prevent the children from inheriting rare genetic diseases. The Human Fertilization and … Read More
May 11, 2023
(Nature) – Researchers are anxious to learn more from the UK procedures as they start to conduct their own trials. “If there are any negative things to be considered, we need to know about those sooner rather than later,” says … Read More
May 10, 2023
(BBC) – A baby has been born using three people’s DNA for the first time in the UK, the fertility regulator has confirmed. Most of their DNA comes from their two parents and around 0.1% from a third, donor woman. … Read More
April 29, 2023
(MIT Technology Review) – Elizabeth Carr is head of commercial development at Genomic Prediction, a New Jersey genetic testing startup that says it will assess embryos created in IVF clinics for their future chance of common diseases and then rank … Read More
April 18, 2023
(The New Yorker) – In recent years, the science of extending female reproductive longevity has seen a new flurry of interest, and biotech companies are attempting to begin clinical trials of a number of therapies, including new I.V.F. techniques and … Read More
March 17, 2023
(Wired) – After several days of experts chewing on the scientific, ethical, and governance issues associated with human genome editing, the summit’s organizing committee put out its closing statement. Heritable human genome editing—editing embryos that are then implanted to establish a … Read More
March 15, 2023
(New Scientist) – IT SOUNDS too good to be true: a medical test that can detect diseases you may develop decades from now. Suitably forewarned, you can take immediate steps to reduce your risk. This is the promise of polygenic … Read More
March 10, 2023
(Nature) – “Heritable human genome editing remains unacceptable at this time,” they said in a statement issued on 8 March. “Preclinical evidence for the safety and efficacy of heritable human genome editing has not been established, nor has societal discussion … Read More
March 9, 2023
(BBC) – New rules in China to regulate gene editing in humans don’t go far enough, a leading expert has warned scientists. Dr Joy Zhang of Kent University, a global expert on the governance of gene editing in China, said … Read More
