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In a world first, a scientist has begun editing the genes of healthy human embryos
Since Lanner does not plan to implant the embryo into a person, none of that is an issue here. Stil…
Kevin Loria  Â
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A human embryo grown in a lab without a sperm or egg could be a revolutionary new way to test medicines that may help prevent miscarriage and genetic diseases
A fake embryo mimicked an actual embryo so well that it triggered a positive pregnancy test. Scient…
Maiya Focht  Â
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In world first, artificial mouse 'embryos' were grown without the need for a womb, sperm, or egg
The "embryos" grew placentas and organs and could be used for research. We're still a long way bef…
Marianne Guenot  Â
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Anyone could theoretically set up a lab able to genetically modify human embryos for less than $2,000
The Sun Yat-sen University group tried to edit the DNA of 86 embryos (all nonviable). Of the 71 tha…
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Scientists edited the DNA of human embryos that could become people for the first time - here are the implications for 'designer babies'
The new study is a significant advancement from the first experiments on human embryos using CRISPR…
Erin Brodwin  Â
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A biotech company wants to take human DNA and create artificial embryos that could be used to harvest organs for medical transplants
Jacob Hanna, who led a successful mouse "embryo" experiment, wants to recreate it with human cells …
Hannah Getahun  Â
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This is the game-changing technology that's just been used to genetically modify a human embryo
Researchers are developing ways to use CRISPR to treat genetic conditions like sickle-cell anemia a…
Kevin Loria,Jennifer Welsh  Â
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Tweaking the genes in human embryos is technically legal in many countries, and a new experiment could open up the floodgates
In a study published in 2014, Motoko Araki and Tetsuya Ishii of Hokkaido University in Japan looked…
Lauren F Friedman  Â
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Scientists created a hybrid human-monkey embryo in a lab, sparking concerns others could take the experiment too far
The embryos were made by injecting human stem cells into macaque embryos as part of research into e…
Kelly McLaughlin  Â
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British scientists just got a green light to genetically modify human embryos, but there's an important catch
This won't be the first time CRISPR has been used to edit human embryos. Last April, scientists in …
Tanya Lewis  Â
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Chinese scientists just admitted to tweaking the genes of human embryos for the first time in history
A recent biotech discovery - one that has been called the biggest biotech discovery of the century …
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An increasingly common medical procedure is raising ethical questions we're not prepared to deal with
George Annas, a bioethicist at Boston University who was at one point a member of the ASRM ethics c…
Ellie Kincaid  Â
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This is the game-changing technology that was used to genetically modify a human embryo
Experts even think these types of changes could eventually help treat complex conditions with genet…
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Japan approved experiments that would allow for animal-human hybrids to be born for the first time ever
"It is problematic, both ethically and from a safety aspect, to place human iPS cells, which are st…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper  Â
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Another group of scientists just announced plans to tinker with human genes, and people are freaking out
But bioethicists have warned that this technology may not be ready for primetime because it could c…
Tanya Lewis  Â
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Genetically modified 'designer babies' might be okay, according to a top ethics council
Researchers familiar with genetic editing technology think we'll almost certainly see efforts to en…
Kevin Loria  Â
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Congress just put a massive roadblock in the way of genetically editing human embryos
The funding ban comes on the heels of an international summit on human gene editing in Washington, …
Tanya Lewis  Â
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Doctors are buzzing about these technologies that could let women have kids at any age
A woman's age-related decline in fertility has been linked to a gradual decrease in the number and …
Ellie Kincaid  Â
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Now is the time to talk about creating humans from stem cells
"Ten [or so] years is not a very long time," he said. "And it might give you at least an inkling of…