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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...
The Japanese biologist Katsuhiko Hayashi said earlier this year that he believes it will be possible to create a human...
To Hear Kian Sadeghi tell it, his genetic testing company just might upend health care. The 23-year-old college dropout began...
PHILADELPHIA — Cesar de la Fuente believes the next breakthrough antibiotic might come from animals that have been dead for...
Reproductive health experts are updating how they define “infertility” to be more inclusive.
The new definition, issued last week by...
A nearly year-long clinical hold on Verve Therapeutics’ base editing therapy meant to treat a genetic form of high cholesterol has...
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Techno-optimism is a dangerous philosophy whose adherents espouse the blind faith that market capitalism...
Will Ungerer isn’t a typical fourth-grader.
The 10-year-old from Midlothian, Va., plays tag with his friends and swims in the...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As hospitals and health care systems turn to artificial intelligence...