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Technologies
Scientists at Columbia University have edited the DNA of early human embryos with unprecedented accuracy, an achievement that could open...
Faster, Higher, Stronger
That was the Olympic motto from 1874 until 2001, when “ – Together” was added, to...
In a small, preliminary study, an experimental gene-editing treatment dramatically lowered cholesterol levels, perhaps permanently, after just one infusion, scientists...
BOSTON — Over the past year, I’ve begun hearing rumblings from scientists who secretly think it’s time to stop being...
Policies
The Victorian government is introducing legislation it says will make IVF clinics safer and more accountable following high-profile bungles by...
Fifteen people, including five doctors, have been charged in Maharashtra, India, following an investigation into the exploitation of financially vulnerable ...
KATHMANDU – When Padma was 22, she was diagnosed with cancer. What followed were three brutal cycles of chemotherapy—each necessary...
I was at the annual American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) meeting in Boston when news broke last...
Society
This is the 15th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...
On a Friday evening in late April, Cathy Tie, the Canadian serial entrepreneur and self-styled “Biotech Barbie”, is centre stage...
Here and there, it’s been a good month for humanity—or “magnificas humanitas,” as Pope Leo XIV calls us poor featherless...
Picture the moment a gene therapy trial’s safety monitor pulls up a patient record — years after the last dose...
Perspectives
A lot of humans are feeling very down on humanity these days. Maybe you’ve met them. Or maybe you’re one...
“Better babies.” “Fitter families.” “Survival of the fittest.” “Three generations of imbeciles are enough.” These phrases are not merely historical...
Justin Schleede reaches onto a black lab bench to pick up a tray of small plastic tubes.
"These are saliva...
Genetics and eugenics co-evolved at the beginning of the twentieth century and remained associated through the 1940s and beyond. Early...