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IN THE Operation Varsity Blues scandal of 2019, 50 wealthy parents were charged with trying to get their children into elite universities through fraudulent means. The story dramatically demonstrated the lengths to which some parents will go to ensure their...

The gene-editing tool CRISPR enabled a groundbreaking new treatment for sickle-cell disease, and in the future, scientists anticipate that it could be used to tackle cancer, forms of inherited blindness, various superbug infections and even HIV...

There was immediate backlash when Alabama’s Supreme Court ruled in February that embryos created through in vitro fertilization qualified as...

When venture capitalist Jack Abraham first began dating his wife, Gabriella Massamillo, he insisted on one condition: that when they...

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By Megan Agnew, The Times | 09.15.2024

Faith Hartley always wanted two girls — a blonde and a redhead. “I thought, I’ll have one that looks like...

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By Irin Carmon, New York | 09.14.2024

At Tuesday night’s debate, seemingly stung by Kamala Harris’s assertion that IVF treatments have been curtailed “under Donald Trump’s abortion...

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By Staff, Kyodo News | 09.13.2024

Photo by Roméo A. on Unsplash

The Japanese government and people who were forced to undergo sterilization surgeries from the...

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By Annalee Armstrong, BioSpace | 09.11.2024

Complex gene therapies are starting to hit the market but all have faced the same reality: a tepid reception from...

Synthetic Embryo
By Smriti Mallapaty, Nature | 09.11.2024

Under his microscope, Jun Wu could see several tiny spheres, each less than 1 millimetre wide. They looked just like...

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By Andrew Messenger, The Guardian | 09.10.2024

A groundbreaking legislated crackdown on Queensland fertility providers has sparked calls to establish a national register for children conceived with...

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By Sarah Kliff, The New York Times | 09.09.2024

Image by Stephen Andrews from Unsplash

Yale agreed on Monday to pay dozens of patients who had filed lawsuits claiming...