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The conservative group behind the Project 2025 governing playbook for President Donald Trump’s second term is set to propose sweeping revisions to U.S. economic policy meant to encourage married heterosexual couples to have more children.

The Heritage Foundation, a right-wing...

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On Monday, President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a press conference on their attempts to divine the causes of autism—much...

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...

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By Alex Philippidis, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | 05.07.2024

Pfizer has paused enrollment in a Phase III trial assessing its Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene therapy candidate fordadistrogene movaparvovec...

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By Emi Nietfeld, Slate | 05.07.2024

 Amy Yin always envisioned having at least two daughters. She spent her 20s working as an engineer and founding...

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By Carl Elliott, The New York Times | 05.07.2024

Here is the way I remember it: The year is 1985, and a few medical students are gathered around an...

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By Charlotte Hu, Vox | 05.06.2024

Medicine has entered a new era in which scientists have the tools to change human genetics directly, creating the potential...

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By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 05.06.2024

It was a cool morning at the beef teaching unit in Gainesville, Florida, and cow number #307 was bucking in...

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By Staff, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | 05.06.2024

Results from a small clinical study suggest that EDIT-101, a CRISPR-based gene editing therapy for an inherited form of Leber’s...

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By Gina Kolata, The New York Times | 05.06.2024

On Wednesday, Kendric Cromer, a 12-year-old boy from a suburb of Washington, became the first person in the world with...

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By Emi Nietfeld, The Atlantic | 05.02.2024

A sperm donor fathers more than 150 children. A cryobank misleads prospective parents about a donor’s stellar credentials and...