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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...
A major biomedical-research organization has for the first time aimed to make financial reparation for the continuing experimental use of...
IN 2017, RESEARCHERS at Oregon Health and Science University came out with some big (if true) news. Led by a...
A lab experiment aimed at fixing defective DNA in human embryos shows what can go wrong with this type of...
Scientists using the Crispr gene-editing technology in human embryos to try to repair a gene that causes hereditary blindness found it...
Cicely D. Fawcett and Alice Lee, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
In early 2018, officials at University College London...
Rosemarie Garland-Thomson discusses disability as an identity and the conflicts raised by genetic testing and counseling on Laura Hercher’s podcast, ...