#CRISPR/Cas9

Менее чем за пять лет технология редактирования генов, известная как Crispr, произвела революцию в современной биологии. С 2012 года, когда ее способность находить, удалять и заменять генетический материал была зарегистрирована впервые, ученые опубликовали более 5000 работ, упоминающих Crispr.

Moral panic around “designer babies” is nothing new, but rapid advances in technology that allows adult cells to be reprogrammed into sperm and egg cells could bring the issue into sharp focus. Since the 90s it has been common practice to genetically profile embryos used in in vitro fertilization

Over the span of a few billion years, diversity of life has flourished on Earth through the process of natural selection. Then, not long ago (relatively), human intelligence evolved. For the first time one species, Homo sapiens, could consciously control its destiny on this planet. Humans have

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, recently announced a $3 billion effort to cure all disease during the lifetime of their daughter, Max. Earlier this year, Silicon Valley billionaire Sean Parker donated $250 million to increase collaboration among researchers to develop immune therapies

For the purpose of this post, I'd like to suspend moral and ethical considerations for a moment — let’s call this a fun thought experiment. As we enter Olympics season, I find myself thinking about what you might call the "unlimited-class” Olympics or the "anything goes" Olympics — where genetic