Venus Rising with Dr. Joyce Harper: Fertility, Genetics, and Reproductive Science
Today on Venus Rising Kallie sits down with reproductive science research expert, author,...
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Tag: genetics
This Week in Bioethics #110
1. Update on New Jersey and New York As I write, we’re waiting to hear whether New Jersey Governor Murphy is going to sign the surrogacy-enabling legislation on his desk. Meanwhile, hearings are scheduled in New York for later...
Read MoreThis Week in Bioethics #108
1. Is Commercial Gestational Surrogacy Coming to New Jersey? New Jersey’s “gestational carrier bill,” a/k/a “rent-a-womb,” which was twice vetoed by Governor Christie, has again passed both houses of the New Jersey legislature....
Read MoreThis Week in Bioethics #100
To celebrate the 100th This Week in Bioethics (TWIB), Jennifer and I did a 10 minute Facebook live version of TWIB! 1. How Many? How many? This was Jennifer’s simple question in her testimony before the Washington State House...
Read MoreEthics and Embryo Editing
In a world where it seems the news is endlessly dominated by events in and around the White House, one story this week has clearly broken through: U.S.-based researchers have succeeded in editing the genes in human embryos. This...
Read MoreThe Unethical Uneasiness with Human Gene Editing Technology
It has just been announced that “the first known attempt at creating genetically modified human embryos” in the U.S. has been made. Through a new technique, often called CRISPR, germline modification can be made at the embryo...
Read MoreWe Don’t Yet Fully Understand all of the Implications
NPR recently ran an article on the latest developments in the area of “three-parent embryos.” Such embryos are being created in an effort to help those who carry a genetic defect in their mitochondrial DNA. The...
Read MoreDesigned Human Embryos (CRISPR-CAS9)
I attended a conference in Atlanta this month titled “Beings2015: Biotech and the Ethical...
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What to Watch
When Jennifer and I went to UC Irvine a few weeks ago to show Breeders, I casually referenced the...
Read MoreBeware Sexual Orientation Eugenic Cleansing
Oh, oh. A scientific study has concluded that about 40% of the “cause” of (white) male homosexuality is genetic. From the Telegraph story: Homosexuality is only partly genetic with sexuality mostly based on environmental and...
Read MoreAnti Gay Eugenics Wrong
The Left and the libertarian right are all for “choice” in reproduction. Genetic enhancement? Check. Disability cleansing via eugenic abortion and IVF genetic engineering? Check. Choosing hair color and other...
Read MoreScientific Breakthrough for Down Syndrome
Researchers have learned how to dampen gene expression of the extra 21st chromosome, which is the cause of Down syndrome. To date, there are no therapies to cure or treat Down syndrome. Last year, when I was at the Meeting in...
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