bioethics
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Scientists Have Bred Live Mice With No Need For Fertilised Eggs
For the first time ever, scientists have produced live mice without a fertilised egg cell. The potentially revolutionary technique could one day allow gay men to produce biological offspring, or — even more radically — allow both men and women to self-fertilise.
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US Government May Lift Ban On The Funding Of Chimeras
For most of us, chimeras are a common aspect of mythology and the most tragic parts of our favourite anime, but for the science community, they hold both incredible research value and ethical concerns. This is why the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposed new guidelines on Thursday in dealing with animal-human hybrids.
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US Government-Funded Zika Study To Use Olympic Athletes As Guinea Pigs
In an effort to learn more about the dreaded disease, the US National Institutes of Health is funding a study in which a group of US athletes, coaches and staff will be monitored for exposure to the Zika virus while attending the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Brazil.
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Scientists Have Created Monkeys With Parkinson’s Disease
Six months after researchers in China bioengineered monkeys to have autism, a Japanese team of scientists has used the same technology to create monkeys with Parkinson’s. It’s a scientific first, and it could lead to effective treatments — but do the ends justify the means?