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Dutch Parliament Debates Embryo Research Expansion
The Dutch parliament is debating a bill to allow the creation of embryos solely for research, aiming to improve IVF success rates, but facing opposition due to ethical concerns about designer babies.
Dutch Parliament Debates Embryo Research Expansion
The Dutch parliament is debating a bill to allow the creation of embryos solely for research, aiming to improve IVF success rates, but facing opposition due to ethical concerns about designer babies.
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16% Bias Score
Private Companies Push Gene Editing of Human Embryos
Fueled by Silicon Valley investment and pronatalist views, private companies are pursuing gene editing of human embryos, aiming to prevent diseases and potentially enhance traits, despite ethical concerns and regulatory restrictions.
Private Companies Push Gene Editing of Human Embryos
Fueled by Silicon Valley investment and pronatalist views, private companies are pursuing gene editing of human embryos, aiming to prevent diseases and potentially enhance traits, despite ethical concerns and regulatory restrictions.
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60% Bias Score
Lab-Grown Human Eggs and Sperm: Seven Years Away
Prof. Katsuhiko Hayashi predicts that scientists are approximately seven years away from creating viable human sex cells in a lab, a breakthrough with implications for infertility treatment, same-sex couples, and addressing population decline, although significant safety testing is needed.
Lab-Grown Human Eggs and Sperm: Seven Years Away
Prof. Katsuhiko Hayashi predicts that scientists are approximately seven years away from creating viable human sex cells in a lab, a breakthrough with implications for infertility treatment, same-sex couples, and addressing population decline, although significant safety testing is needed.
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44% Bias Score
Monash IVF Errors Prompt Review of Australia's IVF Industry
Two embryo mix-ups at Monash IVF, resulting in one woman giving birth to a stranger's child and another receiving the wrong embryo, sparked a three-month review into national IVF regulation in Australia, amid concerns about industry profit motives and patient well-being.
Monash IVF Errors Prompt Review of Australia's IVF Industry
Two embryo mix-ups at Monash IVF, resulting in one woman giving birth to a stranger's child and another receiving the wrong embryo, sparked a three-month review into national IVF regulation in Australia, amid concerns about industry profit motives and patient well-being.
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52% Bias Score
France Poised to Legalize Assisted Dying Under Strict Conditions
France's parliament is voting on a bill to legalize assisted dying under strict conditions, potentially allowing patients with incurable illnesses causing unbearable suffering to access lethal substances; the bill also establishes the right to palliative care.
France Poised to Legalize Assisted Dying Under Strict Conditions
France's parliament is voting on a bill to legalize assisted dying under strict conditions, potentially allowing patients with incurable illnesses causing unbearable suffering to access lethal substances; the bill also establishes the right to palliative care.
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32% Bias Score
Greece Expands Newborn Genetic Screening Amidst Data Privacy Concerns
The Greek Health Minister announced a preliminary agreement signed on June 12, 2024, to expand newborn genetic screening for 500 rare diseases nationwide, following a successful 2023 pilot program that screened 400 infants; this sparked controversy from SYRIZA who raised concerns regarding data priv...
Greece Expands Newborn Genetic Screening Amidst Data Privacy Concerns
The Greek Health Minister announced a preliminary agreement signed on June 12, 2024, to expand newborn genetic screening for 500 rare diseases nationwide, following a successful 2023 pilot program that screened 400 infants; this sparked controversy from SYRIZA who raised concerns regarding data priv...
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56% Bias Score
Chinese Company Unveils Robot for Human Pregnancy
Kaiwa Technology in China announced a robot prototype that can carry and deliver human babies in an artificial womb for nine months, for an estimated 10,000 British pounds, raising ethical and legal debates despite aiming to address China's rising infertility rates.
Chinese Company Unveils Robot for Human Pregnancy
Kaiwa Technology in China announced a robot prototype that can carry and deliver human babies in an artificial womb for nine months, for an estimated 10,000 British pounds, raising ethical and legal debates despite aiming to address China's rising infertility rates.
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68% Bias Score
Human Embryo Gene Editing: Renewed Interest and Ethical Concerns
Silicon Valley startups and pronatalist investors are funding research into gene editing human embryos to prevent diseases and potentially enhance traits, despite ethical concerns following the 2018 creation of CRISPR gene-edited babies in China.
Human Embryo Gene Editing: Renewed Interest and Ethical Concerns
Silicon Valley startups and pronatalist investors are funding research into gene editing human embryos to prevent diseases and potentially enhance traits, despite ethical concerns following the 2018 creation of CRISPR gene-edited babies in China.
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52% Bias Score
Wellcome Trust Funds Controversial Synthetic Human Genome Project
The Wellcome Trust has funded a £10 million project to synthesize human DNA, aiming to accelerate treatments for incurable diseases but raising ethical concerns about potential misuse for creating enhanced humans or biological weapons.
Wellcome Trust Funds Controversial Synthetic Human Genome Project
The Wellcome Trust has funded a £10 million project to synthesize human DNA, aiming to accelerate treatments for incurable diseases but raising ethical concerns about potential misuse for creating enhanced humans or biological weapons.
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20% Bias Score
Gene Editing to Combat Malaria: Ethical Concerns and Ecological Risks
Target Malaria, funded by the Gates Foundation and Open Philanthropy, is using gene editing to suppress malaria-carrying mosquitoes in sub-Saharan Africa, aiming for population reduction within five years, raising ethical concerns about species extinction and ecosystem impacts, but offering potentia...
Gene Editing to Combat Malaria: Ethical Concerns and Ecological Risks
Target Malaria, funded by the Gates Foundation and Open Philanthropy, is using gene editing to suppress malaria-carrying mosquitoes in sub-Saharan Africa, aiming for population reduction within five years, raising ethical concerns about species extinction and ecosystem impacts, but offering potentia...
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48% Bias Score
France Formalizes Physician-Assisted Dying Procedure
The French National Assembly passed a law outlining procedures for physician-assisted dying, requiring requests to be made to an unrelated physician using written or adapted methods, excluding telehealth, and including provisions for psychological evaluations under certain circumstances.
France Formalizes Physician-Assisted Dying Procedure
The French National Assembly passed a law outlining procedures for physician-assisted dying, requiring requests to be made to an unrelated physician using written or adapted methods, excluding telehealth, and including provisions for psychological evaluations under certain circumstances.
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36% Bias Score
UK Parliament Debates Assisted Dying Bill
The UK Parliament is debating a bill to legalize assisted dying for terminally ill adults in England and Wales, with amendments ensuring no one is compelled to participate; further votes are scheduled for June 13th.
UK Parliament Debates Assisted Dying Bill
The UK Parliament is debating a bill to legalize assisted dying for terminally ill adults in England and Wales, with amendments ensuring no one is compelled to participate; further votes are scheduled for June 13th.
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32% Bias Score
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