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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...
This summer, after a Russian biochemist announced plans to follow in the footsteps of a rogue Chinese researcher and produce...
In September, California’s legislature passed AB 922, a bill legalizing the payment to women for their eggs for research purposes...
Last month, an international commission convened to consider whether and how germline editing – changing the genes passed on to...
For decades, scientists have used ever-improving DNA forensics to help solve crimes and detect suspects in cold cases such as...
The hubris of some scientists knows no bounds. Less than a year after He Jiankui, a Chinese biophysicist, drew scorn...
California’s medical board on Wednesday took up an issue that scientists and consumer watchdog groups say is critical to patient...
In July, the Trump administration unveiled a plan to disqualify 3 million Americans from receiving food stamps. The proposal, which...
At least 10 babies have been born to apparently infertile women as a result of a controversial in vitro fertilization...