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 ...

Hi. I’m Art Caplan. I'm at the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Some leading organizations in the field of cell and gene therapies recently issued a call for a 10-year ...

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 ...

A version of this Priestley Medal address will be presented at the American Chemical Society Spring 2026 meeting ...

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 ...

Last week in London, a small group of protestors braved it out in the rain in front of the Francis Crick Institute, where the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing was taking place. The ...

Over the past 10 years, CRISPR has been transformative for research, enabling gene editing that is fast, simple and precise, experts say. The first paper showing that CRISPR could be used to edit the ...

Bring up germline editing, and most scientists cringe. The idea behind the notorious CRISPR-baby scandal, editing reproductive cells or embryos tinkers with DNA far beyond just the patient—any changes ...

An international commission has been convened by the U.S. National Academy of Medicine, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and the U.K.’s Royal Society, with the participation of academies of ...

Somatic human genome editing has made huge strides in the past five years, but the likely extremely high prices will be unsustainable. A global commitment to affordable, equitable access is urgently ...

Over the past 10 years, CRISPR has been transformative for research, enabling gene editing that is fast, simple and precise, experts say. The first paper showing that CRISPR could be used to edit the ...