With their primary goal to advance scientific knowledge, most scientists are not trained or incentivized to think through the societal implications of the technologies they are developing. Even in ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The development of gene-editing technology has led to many ethical questions. PhonlamaiPhoto/iStock via Getty Images Plus With ...
The risk of developing many common conditions could be drastically reduced by making dozens of edits to people’s genomes at the embryo stage, claims a team of biologists and ethicists. We don’t yet ...