For years scientists and ethicists have worried about the ramifications of altering the human genome in ways that can be inherited from generation to generation. Although many recognize the benefits of switching DNA for disease prevention and cures, the fear…
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Should scientists be permitted to genetically alter babies with traits that can be inherited by future generations? In the past week, the F.D.A. considered the science–not the ethics–behind what is called “mitochondrial manipulation.” Many bioethicists are worried, and think we…
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For the next two weeks, several bloggers are writing reviews of For the Good of Mankind? and interviewing me. Brenda Kahn, blogger for proseandkahn posted today that the book “is one tough but important read,” and “is a must-purchase for…
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I continue to be saddened by the sheer number of medical experiments doctors performed on powerless people who did not give informed consent. Gina Kolata’s article in the New York Times October 17th about Skid Row alcoholics who agreed to…
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