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Technologies

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The first gene editors designed to fix genetic lesions in mutation-agnostic ways are poised to enter the clinic. Tessera Therapeutics...

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new method for safely inserting large chunks of DNA into genomes has now measured up in mice, potentially...

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When Talaya Reid was in high school, in a quiet suburb of Philadelphia, she developed fatigue so severe that she...

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Chris Mason is a man in a hurry.

“Sometimes walking from the subway to the lab takes too long...

Policies

Cathy Tie seems to be good at starting businesses but not so dedicated to maintaining them. CGS, like many others...

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Key parts of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial vaccine overhaul were blocked on...

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Fertility experts warn further life-changing historical errors could be discovered in Australia's IVF industry, as DNA testing becomes more widespread...

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A recent surrogacy case in Peru had...

Society

A German translation of this interview will be published in May 2026 in the German GID MAGAZIN, which focuses on...

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

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Cathy Tie has an audacity more typical of a tech startup founder than a biotech executive. She dropped out of...

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As the Trump administration phases out the use of animal experimentation across the federal government, a biotech startup has a...

Perspectives

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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...

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Last month, we published “The Shameful Legacy of Tuskegee” which focused on a proposed experiment in Guinea-Bissau. The...