‘Groundbreaking’ Gene-Editing Therapy Receives Ethical Thumbs Up
Casgevy is a new treatment for sickle cell disease, a blood disorder that affects approximately 100,000 Americans.
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Catholic Bioethicist Warns Against Gene-Editing Experiments
Joseph Meaney, PH.D., speaking Friday in an interview on EWTN Pro-Life Weekly, said that the experiment gone wrong was predictable, because “science, as it emerges into new areas, makes a lot of mistakes.”
After CRISPR Twins, Gene Editing Holds Promise and Peril for Humanity
Gene-editing technology promises to help solve the rarest diseases afflicting humanity — but designing human embryos is a bridge too far.
Claim of Creating Genetically Edited Babies Prompts Ethics Dispute
A Chinese scientist says he has helped a couple achieve a twin pregnancy.
Amid Human Embryo Gene Editing in Oregon, Ethicists Say Procedure Is Immoral
‘Their value as human beings is profoundly denigrated every time they are created, experimented upon, and then killed,’ said priest-scientist.
