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Justin Schleede reaches onto a black lab bench to pick up a tray of small plastic tubes.

"These are saliva samples as well as blood," says Schleede, a geneticist who runs Herasight Inc.'s lab in Morrisville, N.C. "We also...

This is the 15th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring the history of eugenics and the ways it shapes our present. You can read the first part here. The series...

"If proven to be safe, we believe preventive gene editing could be one of the most important health technologies of...

WILLIAM BATESON, a foundational figure in the science of genetics at the turn of the last century, once recounted the...

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By Kamal Nahas, The Scientist | 01.12.2024

New gene editing tools could become gamechangers for gene therapy, but scientists need to develop new approaches that curtail undesirable...

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By GEN, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News | 01.11.2024

The future of CRISPR-based therapies received a windfall this week with the launch of the Danaher-IGI Beacon for CRISPR Cures. The...

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By Michael Marshall, Nature | 01.09.2024

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International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

In the space of just a few years...

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By Abby Amoakuh, Screenshot | 01.08.2024

Forced sterilisation is a highly controversial practice that has been banned under multiple international treaties because it not only undermines...

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By Jennifer Doudna, Wired | 01.08.2024

At the end of 2023, we witnessed an important moment in the history of medicine: For the first time, the...

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By Kevin Fagan, San Francisco Chronicle | 01.02.2024

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It’s been 91 years since celebrity aviator Charles Lindbergh’s baby was kidnapped, a crime that plunged...

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By Hannah Devlin, The Guardian | 12.30.2023

Scientists are calling for a review of the 14-day rule on embryo research, saying that extending the limit could help...

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By David Berreby, The New York Times | 12.28.2023

Last spring, when Karim Lakhani began testing how ChatGPT affected the work of elite business consultants, he thought they’d be...