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Technologies

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The Food and Drug Administration approved the first gene therapy to restore hearing for people who were born deaf.

The...

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A STARTUP OUT of Utah, Paterna Biosciences, says it has successfully grown functional human sperm in a lab and used the...

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Twenty years ago, Sven Bocklandt, PhD, sought to create a hypoallergenic cat. He had the genetic engineering chops to do...

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Have you ever wondered what it means to have dozens of half-siblings across the world – or to never know...

Policies

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The Food and Drug Administration approved the first gene therapy to restore hearing for people who were born deaf.

The...

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Regeneron’s gene therapy ‌for a rare genetic form of deafness, the company...

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In February, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed a radical rethink of how scientists, physicians and manufacturers develop...

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The ability of pluripotent stem cells to differentiate into different cell types has enabled the creation of stem-cell-based embryo models...

Society

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"Para ellos, una familia numerosa no solo es una preferencia personal, sino que es una obligación. Creen que tener tantos...

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The CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, is on a messianic mission to bring about the singularity, the moment at...

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"Si on en prouve la sûreté, nous croyons que l’édition préventive du génome pourrait être l’une des technologies de santé...

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TWO COMPANIES THAT launched last year with plans to create gene-edited babies have already shut down, citing money issues and...

Perspectives

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Genetics and eugenics co-evolved at the beginning of the twentieth century and remained associated through the 1940s and beyond. Early...

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I’m in a cramped examination room at a clinic in Panama City. The lights are dim, and calming classical music...

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This is the first part of the 14th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading...

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The Trump administration has zeroed in on its next target: ending health care fraud.

President Trump announced Monday the creation...