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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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A highly regarded scientific journal has retracted a paper based on...
One hundred years ago, the Second International Congress of Eugenics was held from September 22-28, 1921, at the American Museum...
This episode is a recording of a talk given by medical historian, Marius Turda, at the Royal Institution in September...
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In late 2018, when He Jiankui announced that he had created...
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In vitro fertilization (IVF), widely known as a way...
This month, Francis Collins will step down as director of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) after more than...
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Scientists say...