One of several debates in Vienna argued the possibility that children born from ART have a role in the evolution of the human species. As yet, there’s no data to prove anything, but it made for a lively discussion. Read more in focusonreproduction.eu
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The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo a “public health emergency of international concern”. Read more in bbc.com
Hundreds of CRISPR patents have been granted around the world, and the number of applications continues to grow at a rapid pace. Read more in the-scientist.com
From personalizing clinical practice to aiding biomedical research, individualized clinical trials have been heralded as a solution to several problems plaguing modern medicine. But they’ve yet to be widely adopted. Read more in the-scientist.com
The European Commission has adopted a measure laying down the non-renewal of approval of the active substance dimethoate, used as an insecticide mainly against the olive fruit fly in conventional farming. Read more in oliveoiltimes.com
The World Health Organization and its partners will test the public health effect of immunization in parts of Malawi, Ghana, and Kenya. Read more in the-scientist.com
Five Russian couples who are deaf want to try the CRISPR gene-editing technique so they can have a biological child who can hear, biologist Denis Rebrikov has told New Scientist. Read more in newscientist.com
With climate change often described as the greatest moral challenge of our time, it is inevitable that bioethics should become involved. Read more in bioedge.org
Using human embryonic stem cells (ES cells), researchers have generated models of early human embryos in the lab that are more complex than any previous lab-generated embryo model. Read more in the-scientist.com
Satellite imagery taken over the past two decades shows that the toxic bioluminescent microorganisms responsible for China’s sparkling blue seas are becoming increasingly abundant. Read more in gizmodo.com