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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...
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Even after decades of drug breakthroughs aimed at...
A New York court halted the use of a DNA crimefighting tool that has helped crack cold cases and put...
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Every year millions of people cross borders to undergo medical treatments that are either...
Imagine you are an expectant parent. Just a couple of months into your pregnancy, you opt for an easy genetic...
The pig heart transplanted into an American patient earlier this year in a landmark operation carried a porcine virus that...
"Women welfare rights activists holding signs protesting
proposed forced sterilization bill outside Tennessee courthouse, 1971,”
Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF)...
A tiny change in our DNA that occurred after we evolved away from other primates has made us more prone...
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The fertility industry generates approximately US$8 billion in revenue annually and plays a role in...