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The conservative group behind the Project 2025 governing playbook for President Donald Trump’s second term is set to propose sweeping revisions to U.S. economic policy meant to encourage married heterosexual couples to have more children.

The Heritage Foundation, a right-wing...

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On Monday, President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a press conference on their attempts to divine the causes of autism—much...

A Chinese scientist horrified the world in 2018 when he revealed he had secretly engineered the birth of the world's...

Imagine this: a future where parents could choose their baby’s eye colour, height or even intelligence.

Sounds like science fiction...

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By Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic | 01.15.2025

The first time Jamie Cassidy was pregnant, the fetus had a genetic mutation so devastating that she and her husband...

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By Di Caelers, Nature | 01.14.2025

Updates to South African research ethics guidelines which recognize significant potential for treating genetic diseases through heritable human genome editing...

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By Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | 01.14.2025

A little-known gene editor, tested with help from a disgraced gene therapist seeking redemption, may have cured a 1-year-old boy...

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By GMWatch Staff, GMWatch | 01.14.2025

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The planned deregulation of new GMOs (new genomic techniques, NGTs) in the EU would...

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By Jessica Hamzelou, MIT Technology Review | 01.13.2025

Lisa Holligan already had two children when she decided to try for another baby. Her first two pregnancies had come...

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By Melissa Dahl, Slate | 01.13.2025

Mia used to say she’d never do in vitro fertilization. It’s a detail that feels significant now, looking back on...

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By Tatiana Giovannucci, PET | 01.13.2025

Ten pregnant women and three others with their babies were repatriated to the Philippines after being pardoned by the Royal...