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Challenges exist around heritable gene editing, its potential medical applications, ethical implications, and the need for regulatory mechanisms in the field. In March this year I spoke at the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing, held in London, about...

Scientists are getting closer to the possibility of making a new person from skin or blood cells – without the need for sex.

This approach goes well beyond in vitro fertilization, which combines egg and sperm in a laboratory, because it doesn't require natural eggs...

Prominent science policy reports that set the stage for the recent Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing all raise...

What good is a “miraculous” cure or a revolutionary therapy -- which is the goal of a $12 billion state...

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By Christos Konstantopoulos, The Collector | 04.27.2023

What is the first period that comes to mind when one hears the term “eugenics”? For many, the answer is...

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By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 04.26.2023

Elizabeth Carr is head of commercial development at Genomic Prediction, a New Jersey genetic testing startup that says it...

a wooly mammoth and a modern elephant stand at opposite ends of a photo with trees on the right and a bright orange sunset behind both.
By Dayton Martindale , Vox | 04.26.2023

On January 6, 2000, the bucardo (also known as the Pyrenean ibex, a subspecies of wild mountain goat) was confirmed...

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By Editorial, Nature | 04.25.2023

“We wish to suggest a structure for the salt of deoxyribose nucleic acid (D.N.A.),” wrote James Watson and Francis Crick...

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By Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | 04.25.2023

Last year, a study linking the DNA and education data for 3 million people of European ancestry found the resulting...

A close up of a neuron that has been effected by alzheimers
By Julie Steenhuysen, Reuters | 04.22.2023

Wendy Nelson watched her mother slowly die of Alzheimer's disease, unable to move or swallow at the end. "All her...

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By Arwa Mahdawi, The Guardian | 04.21.2023

Simone and Malcolm Collins are a thirtysomething couple with three kids called Torsten, Octavian and Titan Invictus. (They refuse to...

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By Paris Marx, Disconnect | 04.21.2023

Elon Musk has been warning about population decline and smaller families for years. In his 2015 biography, he’s quoted as...