Some concerns have been voiced over the way in which a clinic last year created the first three-parent baby born...
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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...
As with many new fields, synthetic biology—which incorporates disparate disciplines like engineering, computer science, biotechnology, and molecular biology—is hard to...
In 1883, the English statistician and social scientist Francis Galton coined the word “eugenics” (“well-born,” from Greek). The term referred...
Scientists face tough decisions when the latest gene-editing findings don’t match up with the results of other techniques.
It seemed...
Blood is thicker than water, or so the saying goes, reflecting the value we put on biological relationships. But is...
Recently, two eminent groups of scientists and health and medical experts made a startling statement: Under very limited circumstances, it...
Jim Durgeloh, 59, was desperate to avoid surgery. After a career as a construction contractor and hours of leisure time...
As of this year, the creation of genetically engineered and enhanced future human beings is no longer a scientific hypothetical...