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THE INSTAGRAM POST, precision-guided by sex and age, had zeroed in on its target. Yuchen Tu is a conservatory-trained viola...
This is the 16th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...
Should CRISPR be used to alter the genes and traits of future children and generations? Dozens of nations have considered this...
He Jiankui’s manuscript shows how he ignored ethical and scientific norms in creating the gene-edited twins Lulu and Nana.
Earlier...
In a dusty city in the Xinjiang region on China’s western frontier, the authorities are testing the rules of science...
Across the world, DNA databases that could be used for state-level surveillance are steadily growing.
The most striking case is...
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Gene-edited babies who might be born in the future should be monitored over the course of their life. These...
Biologists recently revealed a new form of the gene-editing tool known as Crispr that allows researchers to make precise changes...
Around this time last November, Chinese scientist He Jiankui stunned the world when he revealed the birth of the first...
At the start of this decade, the federal government called out consumer DNA testing as a burgeoning scam industry. Little...