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‘Groundbreaking’ gene-editing therapy receives ethical thumbs up

December 12, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

In an interview with “EWTN News Nightly” anchor Tracy Sabol, National Catholics Bioethics Center President Dr. Joseph Meaney discusses the first-ever therapy approved by the FDA using CRISPR, a genome editing technology. / Credit: “EWTN News Nig… […]

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Genetic modification of embryos: The truth behind the research

March 21, 2018 Dr. Daniel Kuebler 3

The research community, through embryo-destructive research, is intent on developing a new “therapy” that promises little to no health benefit for those suffering from disease. […]

Analysis

The CRISPR revolution: Getting ahead of the ethical curve

September 25, 2017 Sister Renée Mirkes 5

Here is why only genetic engineers who understand and act from a classical virtue ethics are capable of adding moral ballast to the fast-moving ship […]

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Superheroes? Stardust? Or vessels of the Incarnation?

September 6, 2017 George Weigel 1

The temptation to use knowledge to break through the seemingly built-in limitations of the human condition, creating superheroes and making the world anew, has been […]

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