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National Human Genome Research Institute
Recently, media outlets around the world have been reporting on...
A newly available kind of genetic testing, called polygenic embryo screening, promises to screen for conditions that can include cancer...
QUEBEC CITY
Biology is the new tech. I’m at a conference in Quebec City on CRISPR, the molecular tool designed...

A Japanese stem-cell scientist is the first to receive government support to create animal embryos that contain human cells and...

A same-sex couple in Georgia said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the U.S. State Department is unconstitutionally refusing to...
Advocates for stem-cell research in California are pushing ahead with a plan to save the struggling state-funded California Institute for...

Senior doctors have called for a crackdown on consumer genetic tests, following an influx of patients who have been wrongly...

It’s no secret that gene editing has sparked ethical concerns. In March, scientists and ethicists from seven countries issued ...

I was beginning to realize I wanted to have a baby. My husband, I knew, never would.
From the time...
Fifteen thousand babies are born every hour, every day, around the world. About 3 percent, or 450 individuals, are twins...