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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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The result didn’t make sense. The researcher kept...
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Update: D.A. Chesa Boudin has dismissed the case against...
Two babies have received the first-ever gene therapy for Tay-Sachs disease after over 14 years of development.
Tay-Sachs is a...
It’s been almost 20 years since a botched surgery while she was incarcerated, but Gabby Solano still mourns the bleak...
A new report is highlighting forced sterilization laws across the U.S. and how the practice specifically affects disabled people, taking away...
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Eric Lander, President Biden’s top science...
Alice Wong, activist, research consultant and media maker
In early January, one of the country’s top public health officials...