CRISPR Type post Date January 7, 2022 CategoriesBioethicsBiologyGeneticsMedicine Tagged , Casey Luskin, China, CRISPR, eugenics, Harvest House, He Jiankui, human dignity, ID the Future, podcast, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, Wesley J. Smith Sound the Alarm on Germline Genetic Editing Science & Culture January 7, 2022 Bioethics, Biology, Genetics, Medicine 2 As Wesley Smith explains, it’s not just that germline editing could lead to unintended health consequences. Read More ›
Erika DeBenedictis Type post Author Elizabeth Whately Date June 9, 2021 CategoriesBioethicsIntelligent DesignMedicine Tagged , ARF, China, Emily Reeves, Erika DeBenedictis, Evolution News, Forbes, gene editing, genome, He Jiankui, HIV, Hong Kong, INK4a, intelligent design, Jordan Peterson, Marxists, Nature (journal), scientists, TEDx talk, twins, U.S. Senate, Wesley Smith Erika DeBenedictis and the Cost of Playing God Elizabeth Whately June 9, 2021 Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Medicine 7 I won’t recap the splendid work Emily Reeves has already done here in dissecting the TEDx talk from a scientific angle. Read More ›
Genetic Engineering Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date May 30, 2019 CategoriesBioethicsMedicineTechnology Tagged , __k-review, Aldous Huxley, babies, biotech, Brave New World, China, dehumanization, Dubai, embryos, eugenics, FDA, gametes, genetic engineering, germline, gestational carriers, He Jiankui, IVF, Politicians, procreation, regulation, Stanford University, William Hurlbut Don’t Let Profiteers Control Human Genetic Engineering Wesley J. Smith May 30, 2019 Bioethics, Medicine, Technology 4 Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World as a dire warning. But we aren’t paying heed. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date November 29, 2018 CategoriesBioethicsMedicineTechnology Tagged , __k-review, Brave New World, China, Falun Gong, gene editing, genetic engineering, Harvard Medical School, He Jiankui, Hong Kong, Nobel Prize, Rod Dreher, Science (journal), scientists China Turns Against “Rogue” Gene Engineer Wesley J. Smith November 29, 2018 Bioethics, Medicine, Technology 3 Engaging in biotechnological and other medical research in China can free one from normal ethical concerns. Read More ›
Pottery_Making Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date November 27, 2018 CategoriesBioethicsEngineeringMedicine Tagged , __k-review, babies, CRISPR, embryo, FDA, gene editing, genes, genetic engineering, genome, He Jiankui, HIV, human life, illness, MIT Technology Review, protocols, sperm, United States, uterus Genetically Engineered Babies Are Born: Life as Potter’s Clay Wesley J. Smith November 27, 2018 Bioethics, Engineering, Medicine 4 The birth of gene-edited children — which I discussed here just yesterday — has been confirmed. Read More ›