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A Chinese scientist horrified the world in 2018 when he revealed he had secretly engineered the birth of the world's...
Imagine this: a future where parents could choose their baby’s eye colour, height or even intelligence.
Sounds like science fiction...
When a high school athlete dies from a heart attack or a young woman needs a heart transplant, it is...
In a little-noticed study published earlier this year, scientists from Oregon Health & Science University reported the birth of three...
A child saved by the therapy; photo by CIRM
“Jakob is 2 years old. He has a deadly disease. But...
SOUTHPORT, N.C. (AP) — Jean Heller was toiling away on the floor of the Miami Beach Convention Center when an...
Scientists at Tel Aviv University (TAU) warn that while the CRISPR genome-editing method is very effective, it is not always...
Elaine Riddick was 13 years old when she says she was raped by a neighbor in Winfall, N.C. Nine months...
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It’s not just schools, local governments and major private-sector firms like Colonial Pipeline getting...
After 1900, eugenics became an influential scientific theory used by physicians, health experts, religious leaders and politicians across the political...