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Technologies
CRISPR genome editing technology, which was developed at UC Berkeley, has been approved for clinical trials to correct gene mutations...
At least five separate studies involving human embryo research are raising fresh versions of old questions about science, ethics and...
The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled last month on an extraordinarily important question: Should a criminal defendant be allowed...
For decades, science has been trying to unlock the mysteries of how a single cell becomes a fully formed human...
Policies
CRISPR genome editing technology, which was developed at UC Berkeley, has been approved for clinical trials to correct gene mutations...
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In May 2019, an agent at the Department of Homeland Security received a trove...
The photographs alone tell a fantastic story—a mouse embryo, complete with beating heart cells, a head, and the beginning of...
In 2016, Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz grew human embryos in a lab dish for longer than anyone had before. Bathing the tiny...
Society
It’s not for nothing that Time, Inc. developed its formula for telling stories—catchy lede, billboard that tells 'em what you’re...
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In May 2019, an agent at the Department of Homeland Security received a trove...
The Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics at the University of Oregon recently hosted a series of virtual events...
Perspectives
Between 1909 and 1979, California forcibly sterilized over 20,000 people of color, people with disabilities and imprisoned people. Based on...
The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled last month on an extraordinarily important question: Should a criminal defendant be allowed...
The Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics at the University of Oregon recently hosted a series of virtual events...
As a health care worker, Jordan McCutcheon could get the COVID-19 vaccine anytime she wants. But the 28-year-old dental...