On Ice: The impact of vitrification on the use of eggs in fertility treatment [0.03%]
关于冷冻：玻璃化对卵子在生育治疗中应用的影响
Kylie Baldwin,Douglas Gray,Nicky Hudson
Kylie Baldwin
The possibility to freeze sperm and embryos has long been available to men and women facing infertility as a result of an illness or medical treatment. However, the ability to successfully cryopreserve human eggs is comparatively recent. Th...
Philip J Seddon,Mike King
Philip J Seddon
In April 2013 the National Geographic magazine carried the cover title 'Reviving extinct species, we can, but should we?' suggesting that the technical challenges had been met, but some ethical concerns remained unresolved. Seven years late...
David R Lawrence
David R Lawrence
Scientific advancements lead us towards a future in which Homo sapiens may no longer be the only sapient being. The societal and legal challenges of this potentiality are immense, and it will require traditionally disparate branches of scie...
Regulating genome editing technologies: a comparison of expert recommendations in the U.K. and in the U.S.A [0.03%]
基因组编辑技术的监管：英国和美国专家建议之比较
Sofia Iacomussi
Sofia Iacomussi
The present paper aims to inform the bioethical debate on the regulation of human genome editing technologies with a specific focus on the role of scientific experts and their interactions with the general public in the formulation of polic...
Lynley Anderson,Taryn Knox,Alison Heather
Lynley Anderson
We support gender equality and freedoms in cases in which 'like equals like'. Such inclusion is central to a progressive society. However, inclusion could potentially conflict with fairness in cases concerning transgendered athletes in elit...
From bacterial battles to CRISPR crops; progress towards agricultural applications of genome editing [0.03%]
从细菌之战到CRISPR作物；基因组编辑农业应用的进展
John A Bryant
John A Bryant
Genome editing is the precise alteration of DNA in living cells by the cutting or removal of specific sequences, sometimes followed by insertion of new sequences at the cut site. CRISPR-Cas9 has become firmly established as the genome-editi...
Upper extremity and craniofacial vascularized composite allotransplantation: ethics and immunosuppression [0.03%]
上肢和颅面血管化复合组织移植：伦理及免疫抑制问题
James Benedict,Gerard Magill
James Benedict
Vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) is the name most often used to refer to the transplantation of anatomical units composed of multiple tissue types (skin, bone, muscle, tendon, nerves, vessels, etc.) when such transplants do ...
On-farm biosecurity in livestock production: farmer behaviour, cultural identities and practices of care [0.03%]
家养生物安全在畜禽生产中的应用：农民的行为，文化身份和护理实践
Damian Maye,Kin Wing Ray Chan
Damian Maye
Definitions of biosecurity typically include generalised statements about how biosecurity risks on farms should be managed and contained. However, in reality, on-farm biosecurity practices are uneven and transfer differently between social ...
Directed evolution of enzymes [0.03%]
酶的定向进化
Fabio K Tamaki
Fabio K Tamaki
There are near-to-infinite combinations of possibilities for evolution to happen within nature, making it yet impossible to predict how it occurs. However, science is now able to understand the mechanisms underpinning the evolution of biolo...
Ecological intensification and diversification approaches to maintain biodiversity, ecosystem services and food production in a changing world [0.03%]
在变化的世界中维持生物多样性、生态系统服务和食物生产的生态强化和多样化方法
Claire Kremen
Claire Kremen
How do we redesign agricultural landscapes to maintain their productivity and profitability, while promoting rather than eradicating biodiversity, and regenerating rather than undermining the ecological processes that sustain food productio...