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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...
A worldwide debate is under way on how to regulate gene editing in human sperm, eggs or embryos.
A researcher...
A Russian scientist says he is planning to produce gene-edited babies, an act that would make him only the second...
Late last year, scientist He Jiankui announced the birth of the world’s first genetically modified babies. He deployed a...
As the debate about heritable genome editing unfolds, divergent perspectives are coming more clearly into view. Those who see it...
A congressional proposal that would overturn a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that barred the patenting of human genes and...
A congressional committee voted Tuesday to continue a federal ban on creating genetically modified babies in the United States.
The...
There are new concerns about the world's first genetically modified babies.
It appears that the genetic variation a Chinese scientist...
A baby with incandescent green eyes, a baby stamped with a bar code, another with a glowing gold brain: these...