If this interpretation of the new national guidelines is correct, this should be much bigger news than it is. We seem to be inviting a trouble that we are not ready for in respect to heritable human genome editing 🧬

We are giving the first presentation of this project today.

"Isn't IQ heritable?" Heritability doesn't mean what people think it means. It's similar to correlation in that it doesn't typically account for causation. For example, speaking English is highly heritable because English speakers are highly likely to have English-speaking kids.

It’s official #phinished🎓

Lawyers are lobbying for the premature adoption of heritable human genome editing in South Africa. In this blog post I describe the situation and why this should concern us all. The risks are not limited to South Africans but extend to humanity as a whole. health.uct.ac.za/ethics-lab/art…

The US president, clearly advised by Elon Musk, really has no idea what he’s talking about. The post-truth world of disinformation and misinformation will hit us hard.

Important economic context to South Africa.

Here is a new blog post from our collaborative work in the CAT (Constructive Advanced Thinking) group on the history and ethics of the use and management of human remains. J. Kurzwelly, Joanna Karolina Malinowska, P. Msimang, M.S. Wilckens, and P. Wolff Mitchell. blog.prif.org/2025/02/28/bon…

Dr Phila Msimang was recently inaugurated as a member of the South Africa Young Academy of Science SAYAS. We are so incredibly proud and congratulate Dr Msimang on all his hard work that has led to this achievement! 👏🏼