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Without a federal law, surrogacy in the U.S. is governed by a patchwork of state regulations/
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This report documents a deliberate assault on disabled people in...
The ability to precisely and accurately change almost any part of any genome, even in complex species such...
A medical research study launched Tuesday aims to screen the genes of at least 20,000 people. Part of...
When billions of dollars are at stake in scientific research, researchers quickly learn that optimism sells.
A new...
Derived from bacteria, mitochondria are our cells’ energy-producing powerhouses. Now, a Massachusetts company is convinced that these microscopic...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Pentagon’s $2.9 billion technology research arm, plans to invest heavily...
Over the last several decades, DNA – the genetic material of life as we know it – has...
“We have within our grasp the technology to change evolution. This could change the course of biological life.”...
One of the legally and ethically problematic issues regularly debated in the context of biobanks and tissue repositories...