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Pronatalism is an old idea with roots in eugenics and nationalism, that is now fashionable among far-right influencers and policymakers. They talk...
This is the 10th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...
Across the world, DNA databases that could be used for state-level surveillance are steadily growing.
The most striking case is...
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Gene-edited babies who might be born in the future should be monitored over the course of their life. These...
Biologists recently revealed a new form of the gene-editing tool known as Crispr that allows researchers to make precise changes...
Around this time last November, Chinese scientist He Jiankui stunned the world when he revealed the birth of the first...
At the start of this decade, the federal government called out consumer DNA testing as a burgeoning scam industry. Little...
A year ago this week, geneticist He Jiankui made the shocking announcement of the birth of twin girls in China...
Months after his daughter’s birth in 2017, Chris Jung dropped off a test-tube of her saliva to his company’s genetic...
Scientists have come up with a drug, injected once a day, that appears to make children’s bones grow. To many...