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By Feb 22, 2019
Health

Engineering HIV-resistant babies may have accidentally changed their brains

In genetics, one small tweak can have tons of unexpected results.
By Aug 2, 2017
Health

U.S. researchers have used gene editing to combat heart disease in human embryos

The effort was strictly for practice, but represent a major first step in its potential future clinical use.
By Mar 21, 2016
Health

Are We Ready for Designer Babies?

The debate on how to regulate CRISPR heats up
By May 15, 2015
Technology

Vote For Zoltan If You Want To Live Forever

The founder of the Transhumanist party plans to upgrade humanity, and he’s running for president in 2016
By May 1, 2015
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Citing Ethical Issues, U.S. Will Not Fund Embryo Editing

Tweaking the genes of embryonic humans left in the hands of private companies
By Jun 7, 2012
Science

Scientists Decipher Almost the Entire Genome of an Unborn Baby

In a new study fraught with some heady ethical questions, scientists have sequenced almost the complete genome of an unborn...
By Aug 10, 2011
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Blood Test Can Tell Fetus’s Sex at Just 7 Weeks

A simple blood test can determine a baby’s gender as early as seven weeks into pregnancy, a new study says...