As the use of population descriptors such as race, ethnicity, and ancestry have become increasingly common in modern genetics research, there have been growing calls to critically examine their use. M...

Despite the importance of population descriptors in human genomics research, many scientists struggle to translate evolving ethical guidelines into their computational workflows. To characterize this ...

Water used at the power plants that supply electricity to data centers can be much greater than the water used in the data centers themselves.

The conduct and translation of scientific research is shaped by academic and journalistic publishing. Academic journals issue editorial guidelines and policies that inform how researchers shape and pr...

The technological and ethical challenges of editing the genome

In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by Bioethicist and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University, Dr. Daphne O. Martschenko. They discuss her book, What We Inherit: How New Te...

In the book "What We Inherit," experts unpack long-standing myths about genes and how those myths could shape public opinion around emerging embryo-selection technologies.

Debating the use of genomic tools and their societal impact

A new book argues that tests might reshape human diversity even if they don't work.

In “What We Inherit,” Sam Trejo and Daphne O. Martschenko examine the link between genetic myths and social genomics.

This Sounding Board announces a new FDA policy that the default requirement for FDA approvals will be one robust pivotal trial plus confirmatory evidence, rather than two trials.

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Debating the use of genomic tools and their societal impact

There is growing concern that falling fertility rates will lead to economic and demographic catastrophe. The social and political movement known as

There is growing concern that falling fertility rates will lead to economic and demographic catastrophe. The social and political movement known as

Debating the use of genomic tools and their societal impact

This accessible exploration from Trejo, a sociology professor at Princeton, and Martschenko, a biomedical ethics professor at St...

I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.

How might members of a large, multi-institutional research and resource consortium foster justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion as central to its …

Genomic studies of social outcomes raise ethical considerations that heighten researcher obligations to responsibly conduct and communicate their work. A study by Akimova et al. finds that most interg...

The latest fertility tech invites parents to select baby traits like shopping at Whole Foods.

Private enterprises offer preimplantation genetic testing with polygenic scores to select embryos with ‘desirable’ potential. In silico simulations using biobank resources show that the selected embry...