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Technologies
Work has begun on a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life from scratch, in what is...
Scientists have created fertile mice from male genetic material alone, a breakthrough that could one day open the door to...
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Whatever happened to GM Golden Rice? And wasn’t GM salmon supposed to revolutionise aquaculture...
Policies
23andMe's two-step sale to a nonprofit led by former CEO Anne Wojcicki is nothing more than a dance around California's...
PORTLAND, Ore. — Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia on Monday filed a lawsuit in bankruptcy court seeking to...
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently declared that he wanted to expand access to experimental therapies but conceded that...
Society
Since the “CRISPR babies” scandal in 2018, no additional genetically modified babies are known to have been born. Now several...
A California-startup focused on genetically editing human embryos — a step toward creating so-called designer babies — is raising money...
The Center for Genetics and Society mourns the loss of long-time colleague George Annas, who died on May 30. A...
Perspectives
In late May, several scientific organizations, including the International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy (ISCT), banded together to call...
A newly available kind of genetic testing, called polygenic embryo screening, promises to screen for conditions that can include cancer...
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this piece are solely my own and do not represent those of my...
“The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one,” Microsoft founder and...