WEF speaker says ‘genetic predictions’ about disease could impact whether people ‘decide to have children’
Farahany also discussed if employers and insurance companies should have access to people’s health data and 'genetic predictions.'
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Articles tagged Genetic Engineering
Council of Europe’s bioethical committee now permits gene modification of human embryos
Clarifications were issued to stress that research in genome editing for 'preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic' purposes falls under the limits of the Oviedo Convention – but that is also a way of saying that research is allowed under these provisions.
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France adopts bioethics law that will introduce chimeras, genetic engineering of ‘human material’
In its latest revision, the law will also allow access to artificial procreation to all women, including women in same-sex couples and single women.
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Researchers demand permission for genetic engineering, promise not to create ‘super race’
The researchers insist that their purpose is only to understand genetic defects, but skeptics abound.
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UK allows 3-parent embryos in new ‘genetic engineering’ regulations
“We are the pioneers of abuses of unborn children like legalised abortion, IVF and genetic screening,” lamented Paul Tully of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children.
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UK quietly opens the door to genetic engineering, ‘3-parent’ embryos
One journalist said the change is designed to 'dupe' the British public into accepting 'full-scale germline genetic engineering,' using human embryos as test subjects.
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