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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...
Paddy Doherty remembers his father as a proud, hard-working family man who stayed physically fit for most of his life...
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The death of renowned biologist Edward O. Wilson in...
Another showdown in the seemingly endless patent battle over who invented CRISPR, the genome editor that has revolutionized biology, took...
Places around the world are using biometric technologies for coronavirus contact tracing and surveillance. For example, a municipality in South...
Our 16-year-old daughter, Penny, wakes up to the beeping of her alarm. On her way downstairs, she picks up her...
Consumer DNA testing kits like 23andMe or Ancestry have opened up a new world of information for children conceived using...
Irish couples expecting babies via surrogacy in Ukraine are expected to receive special diplomatic assistance amid concerns over the security...
Before your child is born, you have their genome tweaked to boost their stature, build and intelligence. When they head...