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Pronatalism is an old idea with roots in eugenics and nationalism, that is now fashionable among far-right influencers and policymakers. They talk...
This is the 10th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...
In January of this year, I decided I would complete a half-marathon. I would push my body to the limit...
We all have those people in our family or close circle who are just like Martin Lawrence’s character in Boomerang: ...
For the better part of the last three years, the introduction of the most powerful gene editing technology ever invented...
In 2013, scientists discovered a new way to precisely edit genes — technology called Crispr that raised all sorts of...
In the winner-takes-all game of fertilization, millions of sperm race toward the egg that’s waiting at the finish line. Plenty...
Scientists for the first time have tried editing a gene inside the body in a bold attempt to permanently change...
As the technology to create genetically modified babies moves closer to practice, what questions should we ask before such procedures...
To the Editor:
Recently, a team from the United States used CRISPR–Cas9 on viable human embryos to correct a gene...