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National Human Genome Research Institute
Recently, media outlets around the world have been reporting on...
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A year ago, when cops captured Joseph James DeAngelo, the suspected Golden State Killer, the world woke up...

Last week marked a flurry of activity to rein in activities by stem cell clinics that give customers unproven interventions...

It wasn't hard for Shara Watkins to get pregnant. It was hard for her to stay pregnant.
In 2016, she...

For over a century parents had the option of placing a child for adoption anonymously – meaning that the child...

Dozens of revolutionary gene therapies that mend faulty strands of DNA are on their way, bringing the power to eliminate...

Perhaps it started with the fortuneteller.
Though I’d spent my 32 years steering clear of all tarot card readers and...