Nebraska Coalition for Ethical Research

The Immaculate Conception?

Posted by Carol Szczepaniak June 4, 2019 No Comments

NCER Notes With a discovery straight out of science fiction, researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have taken us one step closer to human reproduction without the need for eggs and sperm. How is this possible? They have discovered the genes necessary to transform huma...

Omaha World Herald Op-Ed Feature

Posted by Carol Szczepaniak June 4, 2019 No Comments

NCER had the opportunity to comment in the Midlands section of the OWH concerning the ethics of IVF which was used in a complex and unusual birth last month at UNMC. Midlands Voices: Complex births raise profound bioethical challenges By Carol Szczepaniak May 4, 2019 Th...

Connecticut The Latest State To Tackle Frozen Embryo Cases And The Bigger Questions They Pose

Posted by Carol Szczepaniak June 4, 2019 No Comments

NCER Notes In a currently common scenario, a husband and wife create and freeze human embryos with the stipulation that should their marriage end, any remaining embryos will be destroyed. Fast forward, the couple...

Scientists Push for a Moratorium on Human Germline Editing

Posted by Carol Szczepaniak March 26, 2019 No Comments

From NCER: In response to the blatant breach of ethics with the birth of DNA-modified twins last year in China, seven of the most powerful international scientific research entities have joined forces to propose a global moratorium on editing heri...