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Adapted from Mitochondrial DNA at
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...

A Chinese researcher recently disrupted the CCR5 gene, which builds a protein that acts as an entryway that HIV uses...

He Jiankui, the Chinese researcher who claimed to have edited the genomes of twin baby girls in a heritable way—and...

HONG KONG — A Chinese scientist who claimed to have created the world’s first genetically edited babies “seriously violated” state...

BENSALEM, Pa. — They call it the “magic box.” Its trick is speedy, nearly automated processing of DNA.
“It’s groundbreaking...

One set of identical twins, two different ancestry profiles.
At least that's the suggestion from one of the world's largest...

Despite the appearance of agreement, scientists are not of the same mind about the ethics and governance of human germline...

Nobel laureate James Watson has been stripped of honorary titles by the laboratory he once led after spewing more racist...

Inside Mark Berman’s clinic in Rancho Mirage, California, is a sign he’s obliged by law to post. It reads “Not...