In 2024, all newborns at KKH were screened, while the national screening rate is 96 per cent. Read more at straitstimes.com.

“Heritable,” the new short semi-documentary from Belfast-born filmmaker Eli Kao, takes a humorous and satirical look at what that “native Mainer” pride includes – and excludes.

The whether of heritable human genome editing has not been resolved, and yet some scientists continue to race ahead with the how of it, essentially ignoring the myriad calls for public consultation.

We also already have good reason to conclude that heritable genome modification is unacceptably risky and that medical justifications for it are tenuous.

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While different from heritable genome editing with CRISPR or other tools in that it does not alter nuclear genes, it is a form of heritable genome modification.

Heritable germline editing is not ready to be tried in humans. Much more research is needed before it could meet the appropriate risk and benefit standards for clinical trials.

While heritable genome editing is different than Covid-19 and racial injustice, it also transcends individual countries, deserves wide-ranging discussion, and raises important equity implications.

Additionally, the commission was updated on the work of the World Health Organization’s Expert Advisory Committee on Developing Global Standards for the Governance and Oversight of Human Genome ...

This committee will address methods for heritable genetic modifications and identify risks and health hazards to humans, animals, and the environment. Furthermore, this study will identify challenges ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is highly heritable, and previous research suggests a preferential maternal inheritance of AD. New data confirm this hypothesis but also highlight the importance of ...