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Justin Schleede reaches onto a black lab bench to pick up a tray of small plastic tubes.
"These are saliva...
"If proven to be safe, we believe preventive gene editing could be one of the most important health technologies of...
When we talk about gene editing technology, we often talk about—but almost never deeply consider—the concept of designer babies. Consider...
Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West have announced that their third child, a daughter, was born on Monday via surrogate...
In September, the U.S. Department of Agriculture gave the green light to a version of the plant Camelina sativa, an...
The year was 2004, and great medical breakthroughs were supposedly right around the corner.
In TV advertisements, celebrities Michael J...
HEBEI, North China — Even though Han Chunyu’s car was parked just outside his lab, the scientist wasn’t available to...
You have instant communication, on-demand entertainment, and dial-up transportation—why should you have to wait nine months to...
In the beginning, there was nature. Then the statistician Francis Galton — Charles Darwin’s half-cousin — set nature (heredity) in...
In a few short years, the parents of a newborn will know the baby’s full genome — every last secret...