Human gene editing is too transformative to be guided by the few
We are not remotely ready for what’s coming. Yet we must be, to optimise the benefits and minimise the potential harms of genetic technologies.
The Techno-Human Shell – A Jump in the Evolutionary Gap
Will a wide-spread practice of installing technology into the body fundamentally change human essence?
‘Rebooting the brain’: Our fight to bring people back from the dead
A striking feature of medicine over the past few centuries has been our growing ability to bring people back from the "dead".
A Surprising Breakthrough Will Allow Tiny Implants to Fix – and Even Upgrade – Your Body
Like insulin pumps and cardiac pacemakers, the medical implants of the future will go where they are needed, on or inside the body.
Learn How NASA’s Robots, AI & the Singularity Will Save the Future
Learn how artificial intelligence, humanoid robots, machine creativity and the singularity will conquer space and maybe even save our own planet.
You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
For our successors, what they look like and what they believe in will go beyond change wrought by anything imaginable, today.
Artificial wombs could create seismic shift in the debate over abortion, reproductive rights
How will it play out between religious forces and the rapidly secularizing societies of the countries where the technology will first be used?
Is it time to use CRISPR to save biodiversity?
Though scientists are optimistic that CRISPR could help, they also emphasize caution and community engagement in order to get it right.
Gene Editing is Advancing at Breakneck Speed
From zinc fingers to TALE, to CRISPR/Cas9 to base editing and now to prime editing, progress in gene editing has been accelerating.
Stem Cell Therapy Treats Previously Untreatable Diseases
On the horizon is the applicability of the technology to Duchenne muscular dystrophy and myotonic dystrophy type 1.
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