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Justin Schleede reaches onto a black lab bench to pick up a tray of small plastic tubes.
"These are saliva...
"If proven to be safe, we believe preventive gene editing could be one of the most important health technologies of...
BOSTON — Over the past year, I’ve begun hearing rumblings from scientists who secretly think it’s time to stop being...
Scientists have had prenatal gene therapy in their sights for decades; by treating the fetus in utero, they can potentially...
A lot of humans are feeling very down on humanity these days. Maybe you’ve met them. Or maybe you’re one...
There will come a time, in the not-so-distant future, when you decide to stick a computer chip in your brain...
Karina is six months pregnant, but the foetus inside her womb is not her own.
The 22-year-old from eastern Ukraine...
Forty-eight years ago this July, Louise Joy Brown became the world’s first person born with the help of in vitro...
On Dec. 7, 2023, the first night of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, 51-year-old Sharon Eisenkot heard the knock on...
“Better babies.” “Fitter families.” “Survival of the fittest.” “Three generations of imbeciles are enough.” These phrases are not merely historical...