News
There is growing concern that falling fertility rates will lead to economic and demographic catastrophe. The social and political movement...
In the U.S., it’s illegal to edit genes in human embryos with the intention of creating a genetically engineered baby...
Photo by Colin Lloyd on Unsplash
Starting in 2025, Colorado will no longer allow anonymous sperm and egg donations, under...
What will it mean for me if my state considers my embryo a "person"?
If my state considers an embryo...
Two companies, Beam Therapeutics and Verve Therapeutics, are leading the charge of base editing therapies to the clinic. Last November...
photo by the He Lab
.jpg){kind=link}
In October, 2018, I was invited to a secret meeting in Guangzhou, China. I was...
Patrick J. Lynch, medical illustrator,
CC BY 2.5 >, via Wikimedia Commons
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...
Photo by Jernej Furman on Flickr
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...