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THE INSTAGRAM POST, precision-guided by sex and age, had zeroed in on its target. Yuchen Tu is a conservatory-trained viola...
This is the 16th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...
You’ve quite possibly heard of the Human Genome Project, the massive international science research project dedicated to sequencing the human...
VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico — After years of longing and a mountain of expense, Michael Theologos became a father in December, when...
You can’t tell by looking at me, but I’m a genetic mutant. My mother is, too, as were my aunt...
If you think the government wouldn’t target you as a suspect because of who is in your family, you might...
As biological research races forward, ethical quandaries are piling up. In a report published Tuesday in the journal eLife, researchers...
The story began, like so many in biotechnology, with an upbeat press release: Up to 100 patients with a...
How far should scientists be allowed to go in creating things that resemble primitive human brains, hearts, and even human...
It’s not just genetics that influences whether your nose turns out short and wide or tall and narrow.
Whether your...