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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...
Josiah Zayner is the kind of citizen scientist whom journalists like to write about. He left his job as a...
Is it reasonable to hope that concerns about “cultural harms” can be integrated into oversight mechanisms for technologies like gene...
Of all the provisions of the Affordable Care Act—“Obamacare,” if you’re on a first-name basis—the one that seemed...
This week I feel ashamed. This newspaper has published evidence of widespread bad practice in my own medical speciality, infertility...
Fertility clinics are today accused of exploiting desperate women by asking them to donate eggs for cash and free treatment...
Is that something we’re comfortable with?
Sure, the U.S. military has deployed the power of biology and nature before. For...
GlaxoSmithKline says it has treated a child with Strimvelis, its gene therapy for immune deficiency.
A child in Europe has...
