regulations
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The FDA Is Cracking Down On The Doctor Marketing 3-Parent Babies
John Zhang, a New York fertility doctor, wanted to push the boundaries of science and fertility by giving women at risk of passing on serious genetic conditions a chance at healthy kids through an IVF technique that uses the DNA of three people. But on Friday, regulators at the US Food and Drug Administration issued…
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Germany Is Investigating Whether Facebook’s Terms Of Service Qualify As Extortion
One of the downsides of being a worldwide tech juggernaut with two billion monthly users is that day-to-day business means playing legal Whac-A-Mole at all times. For Facebook, one legal problem has ended and another has just begun.
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Germany Is Threatening Biohackers With Prison
Over the last few years, advances in science have made the kind of experiments once only accessible to PhDs with fancy labs far more attainable. University students are constructing gene drives. Anyone can buy a kit on the internet to concoct their own bioluminescent beer.
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Why The US Government Says It Doesn’t Need To Regulate This Mutant Mushroom
A mushroom that’s resistant to browning has become the first CRISPR-edited food to get green lit by the US government. Here’s how this mutated fungus managed to escape USDA oversight — and why this agency needs to upgrade its regulatory guidelines.