Essay: Biotech’s repugnant new advance is worthy of everyone’s critical attention
Catholic theologian CHARLES CAMOSY and Catholic philosopher JOE VUKOV, in an article first published on Religion News Service, sound a “moral alarm” after news that scientists have swapped human reproduction for a different process entirely…
As climate change hits crops, debate heats up over use of plant gene data
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation Rich and poor countries are at loggerheads over how to share benefits from genetic plant data that could help breed crops better able to withstand climate change, as negotiations to revise a global treaty are set to resume in Rome on Monday. The little-known agreement is seen as crucial for agricultural […]
IDENTITY CRISIS: DATA MISUSE AN UNSEEN TWIST IN DNA TESTING
LIN TAYLOR, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on concerns over data privacy with DNA testing…
US Christian geneticist Francis Collins ponders promise, peril of biotechnology
RNS To geneticist Francis Collins, a person’s DNA can be compared to the beauty of a Gothic cathedral’s rose window. “I think that is a visual way to point out the beauty of what it is that God has given us as a creation,” Collins said as he stood below a screen at the National […]
ESSAY: PLAYING GOD? NOT JUST YET
In an article first published on Fairfax’s National Times website, Dr MICHAEL JENSEN reflects on the implications of the work of geneticist Dr Craig Venter, hailed as the creator of the first synthetic life…
ESSAY: GENETICS – A STEP TOO FAR?
MAL FLETCHER urges caution when approaching the issue of genetics…