Ethical Guidelines on Lab-Grown Embryos Beg for Revamping, Scientists Say – Scientific American
Scientific American |
Ethical Guidelines on Lab-Grown Embryos Beg for Revamping, Scientists Say
Scientific American But thanks to advances in synthetic biology, the scientists warn in the new paper that researchers will someday be able to skip such developmental steps—creating humanlike collections of organs that do not have to go through these early embryonic … |
New York Times |
Matter A New Form of Stem-Cell Engineering Raises Ethical Questions
New York Times Sheefs” will test the limits of current regulations, experts say, as embryolike structures are created directly from stem cells. |
NPR |
Harvard Scientists Call For Better Rules To Guide Research On ‘Embryoids’
NPR Their concern is that they and others doing this type of “synthetic biology” research might be treading into disturbing territory. “We don’t know where this going to go,” says John Aach, a lecturer in genetics at Harvard Medical School. “This is just … |
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Gene Therapy for Rare Diseases: Challenges and opportunities encountered
PR Newswire (press release) As a result, an increasing amount of orphan drugs are being approved, while pharma and biotech’s get closer to revealing new and innovative therapies for rare disease patients. The focus of pharmaceutical and biotech companies has now shifted from … |