A new portable instrument could help to lure useful bugs in from the wild. Read more in the-scientist.com
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Could the world ever agree on shared ethical principles? People have been arguing for millennia, says Simon Beard, and reaching an answer is harder than it seems. Read more in bbc.com
Detailed analysis of misconduct investigations into huge research fraud suggests institutional probes aren’t rigorous enough. Read more in nature.com
Gene editing promises to revolutionize medicine. But how safe is safe enough for the patients testing these therapies? Read more in sciencehistory.org
Efforts to make heritable changes to the human genome are fraught with uncertainty. Here’s what it would take to make the technique safe and acceptable. Read more in nature.com
China this week announced a new law restricting the collection and use of genetic resources from people in the country — including biological samples that yield DNA, such as blood, and data gleaned from sequencing them. Read more in nature.com
Another researcher has announced controversial plans to gene edit babies. Read more in nature.com
A Bill to introduce a soft “opt-out” system for organ and tissue donation has been passed by the Scottish Parliament. Read more in stv.tv
The Bioeconomy Strategy is an umbrella for long term sustainable development in Europe and is Europe’s response to key environmental challenges the world is facing today. Read more in microbiomesupport.eu
New research in mice repurposes a drug used for blood disorders to starve antibiotic-resistant fungus of iron, thus halving the survival rate of the yeast. Read more in medicalnewstoday.com