What if you could screen embryos for diseases before they became babies? What if you had the power to choose the traits your baby would have? Would you use it? These practically polar opposite ...

Genetic engineering is considered one of the most sophisticated scientific tools for changing the genetic blueprint of a living organism according to our suitable design. This attention-seeking branch ...

Want a bespoke baby? Check the beauty, brains, or brawn boxes on the embryo order form. Genetic tinkering is no longer science fiction — it’s a market without legal guidelines or societal buy-in. But ...

In 2024 and 2025, Colossal Biosciences announced the birth of pups they called dire wolves. Using edited gray wolf DNA, scientists altered 20 genes to mimic dire wolf traits. But no actual dire wolf ...

Beginning Sunday in Missoula, the annual Mansfield Conference at the University of Montana will look at the controversial issues of hunger and the genetic engineering of foods - from all sides. That ...

The Coos Bay Public Library is pleased to sponsor a Chautauqua presentation by Gregory L. Fowler, of Oregon Health and Sciences University, entitled "Redefining Humanity: Moral and Ethical ...

The sci-fi world of Gattaca promised parents the option of selecting genetically bespoke children. Now you can buy a menu of tests prophesing your kids’ health risks – even before the embryo is ...

Are our consciences keeping up with our biotech advances? Lately I have found myself participating in three distinct discourses about parenting. The first is a heady one among intellectuals about the ...

Engineering ethics education has evolved into a fundamental component of modern engineering curricula, bridging the gap between technical expertise and moral responsibility. This discipline seeks to ...

As engineers, our creations have an immeasurable effect on the world, often one that continues to evolve after us in unimaginable ways. From bridges that tragically collapse to robots that are used as ...

An interdisciplinary pair of RIT students is headed to Bethesda, Md., to participate in the 2023 Lockheed Martin Ethics in Engineering Case Competition. Emma Nastro, a third-year museum studies ...

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