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National Human Genome Research Institute
Recently, media outlets around the world have been reporting on...
A newly available kind of genetic testing, called polygenic embryo screening, promises to screen for conditions that can include cancer...
A year and a half ago, few health insurers would cover a noninvasive prenatal test — which draws blood from...
When the first busloads of migrants from Syria and Iraq rolled into Germany 2 years ago, some small towns were...
Pat Reilly had good reason to worry about Alzheimer’s disease: Her mother had it, and she saw firsthand the havoc...
Should scientists give results to participants in research studies if they haven’t been validated in a clinical lab?
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BIOLOGY HAS EMERGED as one of the most important technology platforms of the 21st century. With the arrival of the gene-editing...
Presenting science as a battle for truth against ignorance is an unhelpful exaggeration.
Antimatter annihilates matter. Anti-science, it is said...
TUSKEGEE, Ala. — Decades later, it’s still hard to grasp what the federal government did to hundreds of black men...
A HALF-INCH-LONG MOTH that devours kale, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts may not inspire the same fear as a Zika-carrying mosquito, but...