T he genetic engineering of human beings has been a dream and a nightmare since scientists first speculated about it a century ago. Futurists and transhumanists have long thought that genetic ...

We Need to Talk About Human Genetic Engineering Before It's Too Late. Published Apr 30, 2016 at 4:02 PM EDT Updated Jun 09, 2016 at 4:15 PM EDT. The power to cure disease is right around the corner.

Genes influence health and disease, as well as human traits and behavior.Researchers are just beginning to use genetic technology to unravel the genomic contributions to these different phenotypes ...

Eight questions to ask before human genetic engineering goes mainstream. February 25, 2016 More than 9 years ago Ultrasound of a fetus in the fourth month of pregnancy.

The primary ethical problems with CRISPR in humans so far have come from “germ line” genetic engineering, that is, editing the genes of gametes or early embryos so that the alterations pass ...

Samira Kiani is a professor of genetic engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the co-producer of Make People Better, which premiered at this week at Hot Docs. The views presented are ...

Each week, In Theory takes on a big idea in the news and explores it from a range of perspectives. This week we’re talking about human genetic engineering. For a half-century, the ethics of ...