Gene technology has been earmarked for expansion in New Zealand, but without robust regulation local communities could be left with the unintended consequences.
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Discussions about the rules governing genetic technology in New Zealand remain complex. But they need not be marked by conflict, as long as people’s views and values are genuinely considered.
Four months ago a researcher claimed he had used the tool CRISPR to edit the genomes of twin girls. Now prominent researchers and ethicists are calling for a temporary halt to this sort of work.
A new Science Gallery Melbourne exhibition offers a set of reflections, calculations and speculations that engage with ideas about the perfect body, mathematical precision, quantum physics and a post-human world.
Welcome to GM in Australia, a series looking at the facts, ethics, regulations and research into genetically modified crops. In this first instalment, Peter Langridge describes two GM techniques: selective…
If you’ve ever bitten into a strawberry and wondered why it doesn’t taste as sweet or as good as others in the punnet, you could blame the fruit’s genetics. Two studies, published today in BMC Genomics…
Mistakes in the paper version of the Encyclopædia Britannica took a long time to correct – years often passed between revised editions – but these days editing information is much easier. In electronic…
Researchers have improved their understanding of high-risk genes responsible for the development of rheumatoid arthritis…
Genetic sequences previously considered as “junk DNA” can regulate cancer genes, research has revealed. Many cancers occur…
A gene responsible for initiating immune response could have implications for treatment of chronic infections such as HIV…
You may have heard of Australia’s “Frozen Zoo” – the only facility of its kind on the continent – and that it’s facing funding difficulties. Why should you care about this? Let me explain. An increasing…
A synthetic circuit has been created out of bacteria genes and controlled by regulatory proteins. Researches built “AND…
Scientists have used gene therapy to restore the sense of smell in mice. Gene therapy was used to restore cilia, the tiny…
Leafing through the popular press it’s easy to see that the baby industry is big business: designer labels in size 000; prams that deftly allow running parents to take baby along and pick up a single origin…
Human brains evolved over the last four million years in response to the interaction between environmental challenges and behaviours that enabled us to overcome these challenges. But the future of the…
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Chair, The Conversation Media Group
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Adjunct Senior Fellow, Adelaide University
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Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
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CEO, Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics
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Wood Jones Professor of Anthropological and Comparative Anatomy, Adelaide University
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Professor of Agronomy (Agriculture), University of Sydney
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Veterinarianr; Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Services; Project Director of AGSRCA, Monash University
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Professor of Social Work; Head of Logan Campus, Griffith University
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Head of School (Computer Science) and Co-Director (Centre for Data Science), Queensland University of Technology
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Geneticist and Group Leader, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Environment, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Researcher in Science Communication, University of Otago
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Associate Professor in Science Communication, Australian National University
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Te Tira Whakamātaki, Indigenous Knowledge
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Policy Analyst, Indigenous Knowledge