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Opinion: Should Human-Animal Chimeras Be Granted “Personhood”?
John D. Loike
| May 23, 2018
| 4 min read
Determining which products of advanced biotechnology are deserving of legal protections is essential to our own social architecture.
Opinion: Test Brain-Reviving Technology in Infants First
John D. Loike and Alan Kadish
| Jul 9, 2019
| 3 min read
If a system tested in decapitated pigs ever gets to human clinical trials, neuroscientific and ethical reasons point to testing babies before adults.
Infant Monkeys Died in Accidental Poisoning at UC Davis Lab
Catherine Offord
| Jun 18, 2019
| 2 min read
The seven primates came into contact with a dye that was used on their mothers, documents reveal.
Opinion: Ethical Considerations of “Three-Parent” Babies
John D. Loike and Nancy Reame
| Dec 22, 2016
| 4 min read
Mitochondrial replacement therapy raises important societal and ethical concerns, but should be embraced for its utility in preventing disease.
Opinion: Talking Genomics
Trevor Quirk
| Nov 13, 2012
| 5 min read
The crucial importance of language in the debate over the regulation of direct-to-consumer genetic tests
Google Bans Ads for Experimental Medical Treatments
Ashley Yeager
| Sep 9, 2019
| 2 min read
The new policy will increase scrutiny and pressure on stem cell clinics, according to industry experts.
Opinion: Biomarkers of Longevity Not Ready for the Clinic
John D. Loike and Ruth L. Fischbach
| Sep 27, 2019
| 4 min read
The science isn’t there yet, nor are the known interventions that ought to be combined with delivering such predictions.
Fixing the Flaws in Animal Research
Diana Kwon
| Sep 1, 2019
| 8 min read
Many preclinical studies carried out in vivo are poorly designed and generate irreproducible data, but efforts to address the problem are on the rise.
The US Scientists Who Knew About CRISPRed Babies
Shawna Williams
| Jan 29, 2019
| 3 min read
Multiple researchers were aware of He Jiankui’s clinical trial before the news became public in November.
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What Do Antibody Tests For SARS-CoV-2 Tell Us About Immunity?
Katarina Zimmer
| Apr 15, 2020
| 9 min read
Studies from serum samples could transform our understanding of the spread of COVID-19, but what antibodies alone say about immunity is not yet clear.
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