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CRISPR social justice

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You can’t retract a designer baby: #CRISPR, social justice, & risks

There’s a questionable notion floating around out there in the numerous discussions over heritable human…

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Prof @UCDAVIS #Stemcells & Kids Brain Cancer Epigenomics. Science policy/ethics. #CRISPR. TED talk https://t.co/4XhF0V5XiZ Author of The Niche blog https://t.co/ueGQwWjBTf.

iNaturalist @inaturalist·

It's #TwoferTuesday, and this pair of adult Vulturine #Guineafowl (with a few young ones) is our Observation of the Day! Seen in #Kenya by joni_overbosch.

More details at: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47107112 #OOTD #birds #birding #naturephotography #ornithology #nature #biodiversity

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Paul Knoepfler@pknoepfler·

Dr. No! This piece from a decade ago, the 1st year of The Niche, still rings true today about peer review landmines. This is Reviewer #3 on steroids. https://ipscell.com/2010/08/i-hate-your-paper-dr-no-and-the-editors-that-are-ruining-peer-review/ #science

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Timothy Caulfield@CaulfieldTim·

My new paper: "Does Debunking Work? Correcting #COVID19 Misinformation on Social Media" [accepted] https://osf.io/5uy2f/ #scicomm cc @DrJenGunter @MediaSmarts

Key pts:
- Concerns about backfire overstated
- If done well (below) #debunking helps
- Empowering public essential

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