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Pronatalism is an old idea with roots in eugenics and nationalism, that is now fashionable among far-right influencers and policymakers. They talk...
This is the 10th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...
It’s the latest hope offered to many patients at major cancer research centers: Let us sequence your tumor...
On 11 August 2014, an anonymous user of a popular infertility forum typed a message. “I am 47...
The biotechnology startup Editas Medicine intends to begin tests of a powerful new form of gene repair in...
Biologist Ethan Bier runs a laboratory at the University of California, San Diego where fruit flies are used...
In late October, genetic testing startup 23andMe did something unusual: It issued a transparency report that disclosed how...
A baby girl with aggressive leukaemia has become the first in the world to be treated with designer...
The terminology used to describe women who sell their eggs only makes things more complicated: The medical community...