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A Chinese scientist horrified the world in 2018 when he revealed he had secretly engineered the birth of the world's...
Imagine this: a future where parents could choose their baby’s eye colour, height or even intelligence.
Sounds like science fiction...
Kendric Cromer, 12, left Children’s National Hospital in a wheelchair on Wednesday, wearing a T-shirt and cap printed with designs...
Turmoil at 23andMe, a company offering popular at-home DNA testing, has upset the industry. Following the resignation of every independent...
A US-based startup called Heliospect Genomics is charging parents tens of thousands of dollars to "screen" embryos they conceive for...
The field of clinical gene editing has a bona fide crisis on its hands—a crisis that has to, and can...
Colossal Biosciences, a company mainly known for intending to genetically engineer proxies for several iconic extinct species, announced this week...
IN THE FALL OF 2016, I gave a talk at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton titled “Are Robots...
A US startup company is offering to help wealthy couples screen their embryos for IQ using controversial technology that raises...
Screening embryos during in-vitro fertilization to select those with fewer genetic risks for common diseases and certain physical traits is...