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bioethics

Rewriting the rulebook on DNA in criminal investigations – Expert Reaction

Rewriting the rulebook on DNA in criminal investigations – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 24 November 202024 November 2020

A new report highlights significant gaps in the rules around how DNA is obtained, used and retained for criminal investigations. […]

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The bioethics of COVID-19 – Expert Reaction

The bioethics of COVID-19 – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 06 April 2020

The world has not seen a global pandemic this size since 1918, which has quickly raised anguishing ethical questions around […]

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Call for moratorium on human genome editing – Expert Reaction

Call for moratorium on human genome editing – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 14 March 201913 March 2019

Scientists and ethicists from seven countries – including New Zealand – have called for a global moratorium on all clinical […]

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Reports of a gene-edited baby in China – Expert Reaction

Reports of a gene-edited baby in China – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 27 November 201808 February 2019

Chinese researchers have claimed to have used CRISPR gene editing in human embryos that have resulted in the birth of twin […]

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Embryo research hits ethical barrier – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 05 May 201603 May 2017

Scientists have broken through a technical barrier in human embryo research and now face an ethical one. Two separate studies […]

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Sperm derived from stem cells – Experts reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 26 February 201603 May 2017

Scientists in China have created functioning sperm from mice stem cells in the laboratory. To accomplish this feat, the researchers […]

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Animal welfare laws shift – Expert reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 07 May 201528 March 2016

A new law change in New Zealand recognises animals as having emotions and requires scientists to consider non-animal techniques before […]

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UK mitochondrial donation vote – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 04 February 201528 March 2016

The UK House of Commons has voted in favour of a law allowing the creation of embryos where DNA from […]

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NZ Parkinson’s trial on hold – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 20 February 201428 March 2016

An Auckland biotech company is putting its trial of an experimental Parkinson’s disease treatment on hold following the withdrawal of previous […]

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US Supreme Court rules human genes cannot be patented – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 14 June 201328 March 2016

AusSMC:The US Supreme Court has ruled that companies cannot patent human genes. The ruling overturns Myriad Genetics patent on genes […]

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