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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...
It’s not just genetics that influences whether your nose turns out short and wide or tall and narrow.
Whether your...
The San people of southern Africa are among the most-studied indigenous groups in the world. Legions of researchers have investigated...
If you've made the joke recently about how Idiocracy is coming true, ask yourself this: How would you fix it...
District’s schools will include a unit about California and Palo Alto’s role in the eugenics movement
Two Palo Alto middle...
A Seattle fertility doctor says more patients are asking for twins because of Beyoncé and George Clooney, though doctors are...
A proposed law effectively allowing US employers to require workers to take DNA tests and hand over the results is
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Britain's Newcastle University says its scientists have received a license to create babies using DNA from three people to prevent...
The gene-editing revolution continues to gather pace, but it is also throwing us curveballs. One is an unexpected technical hitch (see...