In the form of an open letter published in the DIY-biologist and fablab-focused Makery, bioartist and Adam Zaretsky provides an artistic critique of not only the rationale driving the editing and implantation of human embryos, but also the rationale driving bioethics and the proposition of research

Writing in Nature, science writer Elizabeth Svoboda describes the recent technological developments that have potential to provide new knowledge about the early stages of human development and lead to the production of a new range of therapeutic interventions.

Japanese bioethicists and scholars defend the 14-day rule, pointing out that it was a promise and compromise that helped secure public trust in biomedicine. They also draw attention to concerns raised by others in the wake of the ISSCR’s 2021 revised guidelines.

In a speech given at a Progress Educational Trust conference, Julia Chain, Chair of the UK’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), calls for the need to modernize the HFEA to “remain at the forefront of regulation in the years to come.” Chain suggests that the 1990 Human Fertilisation

A small group of ISSCR affiliates respond to letters from authors who have advocated keeping the 14-day limit.