CRISPR — Who’s in Charge? (Part II)
D. Joy Riley, M.D., M.A. Executive Director
This is part II of our report. View part I, part III, or part IV.
The ability to edit genes using CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) has been in the news for more than a year. A committee has been appointed to advise our government regarding the editing of genes, particularly editing the genes of the human embryo.
Who are the members of that committee? What are their views? The Tennessee Center for Bioethics & Culture has been working to gather information for you, our readers.
Here is a brief look at some of the writings and organizational ...read more
Taking stock: Where are we now?
D. Joy Riley, M.D., M.A.
Taking stock of where one is at the beginning of a new project or a new year is a good idea. Where we are in the entire realm of bioethics is beyond the scope of one blog post, but what follows are some landmarks discernible in January 2016…
Physician-Assisted SuicideOn Sunday, 24 January, John Jay Hooker, Tennessee lawyer, politician, and activist, died. Mr. Hooker had most recently championed “death with dignity” — physician-assisted suicide — in a proposed bill and in the courts. By the time of his death, neither the legislature nor the courts had provided ...read more
Futurist: We’ll someday accept computers as human — CNN Tech
By Brandon Griggs
12 March 2012
http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/12/tech/innovation/ray-kurzweil-sxsw/index.html
Nigel Cameron at AMPLIFYfestival
http://www.amplifyfestival.com.au/artists/detail/nigel-cameron
Cisco futurologist discusses the coming technology avalanche — Cisco Blog
View the video of Dave Evans discussing the coming technology avalanche:
http://blogs.cisco.com/news/cisco_futurologist_discusses_the_coming_technology_avalanche/
Life-like robot tests boundaries — CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7367333n&tag=strip
US sending robots to Japan to help nuclear plant — Federal News Radio
http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=37&sid=2325160
Scots scientist invents super computer chip with power by the thousand — The Scotsman
http://www.scotsman.com/scitech/Scots-scientist-invents-super-computer.6673473.jp
How close are we to creating the bionic man? — The Scotsman
http://www.scotsman.com/scitech/How-close-are-we-to.6612859.jp
Asking Tomorrow’s Questions: As we move on from the Waterwheel Economy — BCLC Blog.com
http://bclc.chamberpost.com/2010/11/asking-tomorrows-questions-as-we-move-on-from-the-waterwheel-economy.html#more-3961
