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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...
A Mexican standoff with the United States turned into a Mexican smack-down this month with the release of Mexico’s formal...
People are discovering the truth about their biological parents with DNA—and learning that incest is far more common than many...
Scientists have genetically modified isolated microbes for decades. Now, using CRISPR, they intend to target entire microbiomes.
Humans are never...
Today, Massachusetts Institute of Technology biologist Kevin Esvelt is well known for his work on guided evolution technologies—creating systems for ...
A U.K. watchdog balked at the cost-effectiveness of Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ CRISPR-based sickle cell disease therapy Thursday, recommending against funding...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration late last year approved two breakthrough gene therapies for sickle cell disease patients. Now...
When Celenise Mahmood first learned about two new gene therapies that could cure sickle cell disease, she felt a wave...
An 80-year-old man in Montana pleaded guilty Tuesday to two felony wildlife crimes involving his plan to let paying customers...