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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...

For Dr. Piero Anversa, the fall from scientific grace has been long, and the landing hard.
Researchers worldwide once hailed...

The Trump administration’s proposed scheme to redefine sex as “a biological, immutable condition determined by genitalia at birth” is not...

Next month, researchers, policymakers, ethicists and social scientists will meet in Hong Kong for the second International Summit on Human...

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Dr. Carlos Bustamante, a prominent population geneticist, recently concluded that Senator Elizabeth Warren had “a Native American ancestor.” While geneticists...
At first, Matthew assumed the weakness in his knee was the sort of orthopedic nuisance that happens when you turn...

The DNA testing company Color Genomics says that early next year it will offer customers a new type of gene...

Do we know anything new about Elizabeth Warren, now that we’ve seen her DNA test results? Besides, I mean...