Author Rebecca Taylor
*subhead*The Solomonic Dilemma of ‘Leftover’ Frozen Embryos*subhead* I have acquaintances that a decade ago decided to adopt some “leftover” frozen human embryos created with in vitro fertilization (IVF). Presuming they were essentially adopting children, the couple first consulted an adoption… Continue Reading →
*subhead*#AdultsWin #ChildrenLose*subhead* In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage for the entire United States, I have read a lot of commentary. None of it spoke to me as loudly as this post at AnonymousUs.org by a… Continue Reading →
*subhead*Get your enhancements here!.*subhead* Rev. Christopher Benek I have said many times that for transhumanists to have their technological utopia on earth, they need to sell Christians on the idea that radically changing ourselves into something other than human is… Continue Reading →
*subhead*Past time, really.*subhead* For the last few years, scientists have been warning us that genetically modified children are just over the horizon. Rumors have been flying around that laboratories are already using a revolutionary new gene-editing technique called CRISPR to… Continue Reading →
*subhead*Transhumanism heads to Washington.*subhead* It sounds like something out of a Philip Dick novel but it isn’t. Zoltan Istvan is running for President of the United States, not as a Democrat or Republican, but as a Transhumanist. He started the… Continue Reading →
After tremendous pressure from consumers on Facebook, Twitter and by email, Hershey’s announced that it will remove all ingredients from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in its chocolate. Hershey’s follows other food giants like Nestle, General Mills, Unilever and Post Foods,… Continue Reading →
*subhead*The Island meets The Island of Dr. Moreau*subhead* Just when I think I have seen it all, something like this flies up and hits me right between the eyes. A California company, Ganogen Inc., started by some very young medical… Continue Reading →
*subhead*Getting back to medicine.*subhead* In December 2014, the New England Center for Investigative Reporting (NECIR) released its research into the new non-invasive prenatal-screening tests that are now being offered to pregnant women. These tests look at minute amounts of placental… Continue Reading →
*subhead*That’s Modalism, Patrick!.*subhead* I am sure many CMR readers have seen his before, but I think it never gets old. My 13-year-old son and I can never get enough. We both lose it around the Voltron reference. Happy St. Patrick’s… Continue Reading →
*subhead*Horrifying.*subhead* I will be honest. I am tired. I am angry. I am frustrated. This is likely an uncharacteristically emotional post because, after nearly a decade of writing about biotechnology, I am uncharacteristically horrified. The UK has officially approved the… Continue Reading →