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Justin Schleede reaches onto a black lab bench to pick up a tray of small plastic tubes.

"These are saliva samples as well as blood," says Schleede, a geneticist who runs Herasight Inc.'s lab in Morrisville, N.C. "We also...

This is the 15th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring the history of eugenics and the ways it shapes our present. You can read the first part here. The series...

"If proven to be safe, we believe preventive gene editing could be one of the most important health technologies of...

WILLIAM BATESON, a foundational figure in the science of genetics at the turn of the last century, once recounted the...

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By Aarya Chand, The Kathmandu Post | 05.21.2026

KATHMANDU – When Padma was 22, she was diagnosed with cancer. What followed were three brutal cycles of chemotherapy—each necessary...

gene therapy DNA in a blue and red pill
By Paul Knoepfler, Stat | 05.21.2026

I was at the annual American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) meeting in Boston when news broke last...

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By Sofia Resnick, Stateline | 05.20.2026

An anti-abortion group last month sued seven Utah fertility clinics, claiming their disposal of embryos as part of the in...

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By Laura Hughes, Financial Times | 05.20.2026

Sophie and her husband are set to spend more than £100,000 in travel and medical bills as they fly between...

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By Ryan Cross, Endpoint News | 05.20.2026

BOSTON — Over the past year, I’ve begun hearing rumblings from scientists who secretly think it’s time to stop being...

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By Rebecca Roberts, The Scientist | 05.19.2026

Scientists have had prenatal gene therapy in their sights for decades; by treating the fetus in utero, they can potentially...

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By Sigal Samuel, Vox | 05.17.2026

A lot of humans are feeling very down on humanity these days. Maybe you’ve met them. Or maybe you’re one...

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By Calder McHugh, Politico | 05.15.2026

There will come a time, in the not-so-distant future, when you decide to stick a computer chip in your brain...