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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...

Mental illness is a growing public health problem. In 2019, an estimated 1 in 8 people around the world were...

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People with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) are being sought to participate in the world's largest genetic study of...

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After nearly two weeks of recent United Nations negotiations in New York City, countries from around...

Two years ago, I was working on my laptop in an airport lounge in Newark, New Jersey, when I glanced...

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Alice Wong was born with muscular dystrophy, which hampered her ability to walk...

A group of 56 international scientists and policy experts have published a statement opposing the use of the term “precision...

“Why is it that we think we can just take everything, everything, and modify it for ourselves?” asks Françoise...

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On the night of May 31, 1921, a white mob descended on the affluent Black neighborhood...