News Analysis: Gene Editing for ‘Designer Babies’? Highly Unlikely, Scientists Say

by | Aug 4, 2017 | Babies and Infants, Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Ethics and Official Misconduct, Finance, Genetic Engineering, Genetics and Heredity, In Vitro Fertilization, Medicine and Health, Non-Bank Loans, Working Capital

Fears that embryo modification could allow parents to custom order a baby with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s imagination or Usain Bolt’s speed are closer to science fiction than science.

In Breakthrough, Scientists Edit a Dangerous Mutation From Genes in Human Embryos

by | Aug 2, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Biology and Biochemistry, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Finance, Genetic Engineering, Genetics and Heredity, In Vitro Fertilization, Mitalipov, Shoukhrat, Nature (Journal), Non-Bank Loans, Working Capital

Researchers have found a way to reliably remove disease-causing mutations from human embryos, an achievement sure to renew concerns over so-called designer babies.