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This is the 16th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...
Last week I read an article about CRISPR, the latest tool scientists are using to edit DNA. It was a...
Home DNA testing can be fun. I’ve done it for myself and for my dog. One of us unexpectedly turned...
There’s no question that powerful anti-HIV medications can do a fairly good job of keeping the virus under control. Used...
Scientists have created living entities that resemble very primitive human embryos, the most advanced example of these structures yet created...
Tiffany Harper, a 36-year-old attorney in Chicago, suffered in silence for five years.
Expecting to get pregnant as soon as...
A twin birth in China last October raised ominous questions. The baby girls had been genetically edited as embryos, with...
A New York bill to legalize paid surrogacy was the subject of intense debate this year. For supporters, it was...
Two influential leaders in science for the first time publicly condemned a Russian biologist who said he plans to produce...