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Technologies
Since its molecular structure was deduced in the 1950s, DNA has been hailed by many biologists as the secret of...
Our genomes are full of mutations that have the potential to damage our health or even kill us. Yet most...
The European Parliament has voted for a wide-reaching deregulation of New Genomic Techniques (NGTs). There was no majority for amendments...
On June 1, an international group of industry and academic collaborators, led by geneticist Dieter Egli at Columbia University, released...
Policies
The European Parliament has voted for a wide-reaching deregulation of New Genomic Techniques (NGTs). There was no majority for amendments...
On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced that it would move two key functions of the Department of Education—disability education...
WASHINGTON — A pledge to “Make America Healthy Again” earned Robert Kennedy Jr. his job atop U.S. health agencies a year...
In 2021, the federal office charged with ensuring that the vast research enterprise bankrolled by the Department of Health and...
Society
The kit arrives. It isn't big.
You get it out of the mailbox and bring it to your counter. It's...
On June 1, an international group of industry and academic collaborators, led by geneticist Dieter Egli at Columbia University, released...
How much would you pay to be a parent? For years, Americans who turned to surrogacy could expect to spend...
This is the 15th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...
Perspectives
Imagine wanting to have a child and discovering, at every stage, that the system was not designed with you in...
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...