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Recently, media outlets around the world have been reporting on...
A newly available kind of genetic testing, called polygenic embryo screening, promises to screen for conditions that can include cancer...

A systematic sweep of viral genomes has revealed a trove of potential CRISPR-based genome-editing tools.
CRISPR–Cas systems are common in...

David Bennett’s heart was failing. The 57-year-old handyman from Maryland had weeks to live and, because he had a history...

US drug regulators have approved a one-off gene-therapy treatment for adults with the genetic blood disorder hemophilia B that frees...

It runs about $50,000 for a dog, with a 20% success rate, and there are numerous ethical considerations
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Thousands of miles from home in the steamy Amazon rainforest in the mid-1800s, the British naturalist Henry Walter Bates had...

Assisted reproduction clinics have seen a sharp rise in the number of Black folks seeking their services during the pandemic. But many ...

Sitting in their toy-filled family room on a sunny September afternoon, Simone and Malcolm Collins were forced to compete with...

After some early but cautious optimism, a company is shelving its pioneering gene-editing treatment for a rare inherited blindness disorder...