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Recently, media outlets around the world have been reporting on...
A newly available kind of genetic testing, called polygenic embryo screening, promises to screen for conditions that can include cancer...
Scientists have discovered that the cells of early human embryos are often unable to repair damage to their DNA caused...
He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist who sparked global outrage in 2018 when he revealed that he had created the first...
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Microbes have been on my mind this week. These tiny organisms are everywhere, and the...
First up this week on the show, scientists are learning how to “cryopreserve” tissues—from donor kidneys to coral larvae. Contributing...
As far back as 2015, scientists have been warning against using CRISPR-Cas9 technology to modify germline genomes. Indeed, a perspective...
George Gibson remembers turning to his wife after a 2015 procedure at a Florida clinic that he thought would help...
Poster for King of Clones (Netflix documentary) via Wikipedia
Cloning is, at heart, about the fear of death and the...
In the opening pages of his magisterial Bay Area history, Imperial San Francisco, historian Gray Brechin presents his book as...