Royal Society NZ has released an issues paper on the possible risks, benefits of commercially close GM pasture crops. The issues and questions raised are equally applicable to Australia.

Experts discuss how advances in genetics will require a rethink about privacy. How do we protect it and would we forgo it over improved health?

Selected slides from secondary teacher workshop titled, Human enhancement: are we going cyborg

Want to live forever? The right genes will help, but the links to increasing human longevity raise many questions about whether we should, just because we can (or could).

Variants of the FOXO3A gene are common in people who live past 100. If you want to live a long, healthy life these are handy genes to have.

Some of mankind’s most devastating inherited diseases appear to be declining, and a few have nearly disappeared, because more people are using genetic testing to decide whether to have children.

NIB health insurance is offering its clients half price genetic testing. But there is some fine print with privacy and discrimination implications.

It was hoped using reprogrammed mature cells would be a noncontroversial alternative to embryonic stem cells, but their low replication rates and premature ageing are proving problematic.

Trust is hard won and even harder to understand. Expecting honesty and good science to win the day may hinder communication efforts and with issues such as vaccination have global implications.

An experimental treatment involving human embryonic stem cells was associated with improved outcomes in tests on mice with acute lung injury.