Hacker News with Generative AI: Bioethics

AI Bests Virus Experts, Raising Biohazard Fears (time.com)
A new study claims that AI models like ChatGPT and Claude now outperform PhD-level virologists in problem-solving in wet labs, where scientists analyze chemicals and biological material.

Artificial Intelligence, Science, Biology, Bioethics, Public Health

31 points by rbanffy 2 days ago | 28 comments

How to Make Superbabies (lesswrong.com)

Bioethics, Genetics, Parenting, Artificial Intelligence

26 points by nsoonhui 20 days ago | 36 comments

Father tries to block daughter's euthanasia in landmark Spanish case (bbc.com)
A young woman is due to testify in a Spanish court today in a bid to persuade a judge to let her die voluntarily against the wishes of her father, in the first case of its kind.

Euthanasia, Law, Spain, Family Law, Bioethics

52 points by impish9208 53 days ago | 155 comments

Henrietta Lacks Seems Like a Nice Person, but Not a Scientific Hero (astralcodexten.com)
Henrietta Lacks was a black woman who died of cancer in 1951. During her treatment, doctors took a sample of the cancer. The sample ended up with a researcher who noticed the cells were much more resilient than any other cell type then known, cancerous or otherwise. This made them extremely useful for biology experiments, and now a substantial portion of world bio research is done on cells descended from Lacks’ cancer.

Science, Ethics, History, Bioethics

16 points by NavinF 101 days ago | 18 comments

'Unprecedented risk': Scientists call for halt on 'mirror life' research (theguardian.com)
World-leading scientists have called for a halt on research to create “mirror life” microbes amid concerns that the synthetic organisms would present an “unprecedented risk” to life on Earth.

Science, Biology, Bioethics, Synthetic Biology

9 points by aard 134 days ago | 2 comments

Jennifer Doudna on the Brave New World Being Ushered in by Gene Editing (newyorker.com)
In 2012, the biochemist Jennifer Doudna and her colleague Emmanuelle Charpentier developed a method for using RNA-guided proteins to edit specific sections of DNA.

Gene Editing, Biology, Science, CRISPR, Bioethics

6 points by mitchbob 188 days ago | 1 comments

China bans clinical research in germline genome editing as 'irresponsible' (scmp.com)

China, Genetics, Bioethics, Scientific Research

7 points by belter 284 days ago | 0 comments

Scientists build robot controlled by a brain in a jar (sciencefocus.com)

Robotics, Neuroscience, Bioethics, Artificial Intelligence

15 points by sabrina_ramonov 288 days ago | 7 comments

One man's DNA became a pillar of genetics (statnews.com)

Genetics, Science, Medicine, Bioethics

14 points by chapulin 290 days ago | 0 comments

85% of Neuralink implant wires are already detached, says patient (popsci.com)