The Chinese scientist who altered the DNA of twin girls at the one-cell embryo stage unleashed an ethical firestorm. Can such a thing happen in the United States?
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Year: 2018
Why CRISPR babies are bad news
It appears that researchers in China have facilitated the birth of the first "designer baby" – actually babies, twin girls who are supposedly genetically resistant to HIV. But such an advancement is fraught with peril.
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Down the slippery slope: Five experts discuss the ethics of gene editing
Fascinating new article in the New York Times Magazine about how gene editing, A.I. and other technologies will transform humanity. The Times sat down with noted experts Siddhartha Mukherjee, George Church, Jennifer Egan, Catherine Mohr and Regina Barzilay.
read moreGene-edited babies in China & our brave new world
The news about the twin girls in China whose DNA was altered to be resistant to HIV raises ethical questions about how we make babies in the short term and our evolutionary trajectory as a species over the longer term.
read moreMaking sense of DNA & ancestry: 'Genetics is not genealogy'
I found this explanatory article from the New York Times enlightening for anyone interested in tracing their lineage back through the ages through DNA.
read moreWhy you can't hide from genetic detectives
A new study shows 60 percent of white Americans could be discovered through a relative who uploaded his or her genetic profile to a consumer DNA database.
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