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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...
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As the omicron surge wanes, and the experts read the sewage like tea leaves...
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A woman of mixed race appears to be the third...
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Studies show that people with disabilities are more likely than people without...
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Twenty children seeking treatment for a rare affliction called the “bubble baby disease” today have some big-time, good...
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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...