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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...
In the mid-2000s, Moonlight Pulido experienced a bout of hot flashes, emotional ups-and-downs, and other symptoms of menopause that confused...
Science is a human endeavour that is fuelled by curiosity and a drive to better understand and shape our natural...
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As young girls, the Relf sisters were sterilized without consent. What does the government...
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Through their foundation, Allie LaForce and Joe Smith have so far helped families have...
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With more and more people deciding not to have children, Catriona Campbell, author...
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Every so often stories of genetic theft, or extreme precautions taken to avoid...
The APOE4 gene is the most powerful genetic factor driving a person's risk for developing late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
"It...
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Tools such as CRISPR that snip DNA to alter its sequence are moving tantalizingly...