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Technologies
A heart attack patient has become the first person to be treated in a clinical trial of an experimental gene...
Following a long-standing CGS tradition, we present a selection of our favorite Biopolitical Times posts of the past year.
In...
Scientists at UNSW Sydney have developed a new form of CRISPR technology that could make gene therapy safer while also
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In our first article in this series, we investigated the dark PR tactics that have accompanied Colossal Bioscience’s de-extinction disinformation ...
Policies
Group of Tuskegee Experiment test subjects
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Every generation needs to learn about what is commonly...
Genetic researchers were seeking children for an ambitious, federally funded project to track brain development — a study that they...
The National Institutes of Health said on Thursday it is ending support for all research that makes use of human...
Serenity Cole enjoyed Christmas last month relaxing with her family near her St. Louis home, making crafts and visiting friends...
Society
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These are extraordinarily challenging times for university researchers across the United States. After decades of government largess based on the ...
Genetic variants believed to cause blindness in nearly everyone who carries them actually lead to vision loss less than 30%...
Google has removed some of its artificial intelligence health summaries after a Guardian investigation found people were being put at...
Perspectives
A growing body of contemporary research and reporting exposes how old ideas can find new life when repurposed within modern...
In her book The Argonauts, Maggie Nelson describes pregnancy as an experience marked by a peculiar duality. On the...
One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in...
There is growing concern that falling fertility rates will lead to economic and demographic catastrophe. The social and political movement...