gene-editing
The destabilizing effects of emerging technology
A new report seen first by Axios details the global security risks posed by emerging technologies like AI and gene editing. Why it matters: Rising populism, as well as the disruptive effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, has already eaten away at the postwar global order. Now powerful new technologies threaten to widen the gap between …
The five: chimeras created by science | Technology
Human-monkey Last week, researchers led by Spanish scientist Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte announced they had created the first human-monkey chimera embryos in China. The purpose of the experiment is to investigate ways of using animals to grow human organs for transplants. The organs could be genetically matched by taking the recipient’s cells and reprogramming them …
Opinion: FDA overreach on gene-editing threatens US agriculture’s global technology lead | 2019-06-24
For more than a century, advances in science and technology have made the U.S. food supply the safest, most abundant and most affordable in the world. Our farmers have led the way in applying new developments in sanitation, robotics, GPS and scientific livestock breeding. But for the first time in our history, U.S. farmers are …
