A common belief of technocentrism is that if we have the ability, why not use it? The rapid advancements in...
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This is the 16th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...
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Facing criticism from fellow scientists, the researcher behind the world’s largest effort to edit human embryos with CRISPR is vowing...
A wave of controversy about reproductive gene editing gathered force in response to reports in 2015 of the first CRISPR...
In 1951, Henrietta Lacks walked into Johns Hopkins Hospital complaining of vaginal bleeding. Although she died later that year, her...
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On May 18, W. French Anderson, known as the “father of gene therapy,” was released from prison on parole. Two...