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This is the 16th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...
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...
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In October, 2018, I was invited to a secret meeting in Guangzhou, China. I was...
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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...
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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...
The pig heart transplanted into an American patient earlier this year in a landmark operation carried a porcine virus that...