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Evaluating the tough questions and deep responsibilities that emerge on the cutting-edge of potentially transformational innovation.

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Opinion Essay

Growing Human Organs Inside Pigs Could Save Lives, But the U.S. Won’t Fund the Research

Ethical concerns about human-animal chimera research might be dramatically overblown

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Feature Story

More Families Are Using Nanny Cams to Watch Elderly Loved Ones, Raising Ethical Questions

Some states are proposing legislation to clarify the rules

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Opinion Essay

When Are We Obligated To Edit Wild Creatures?

Our Power to Intervene Could Alleviate Nature’s Own Cruelty

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Opinion Essay

The Shiny–and Potentially Dangerous—New Tool for Predicting Human Behavior

Polygenic scores could become a proxy for discrimination

Big Questions Opinion Essay
Would You Want to Know a Decade Early If You Were Getting Alzheimer’s?

An Advance Diagnosis Would Paralyze Me

October 19, 2017 Susan Richter Dillon