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There’s a dominant narrative in the media about why tech billionaires are sucking up to Donald Trump: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and...

In-vitro fertilisation (IVF) as assisted reproductive technology (ART) has been in vogue for quite a few decades now. While IVF has been hailed as a significant scientific advancement, with many advantages, here are some limitations which bear keeping in mind...

A single cell.
A global business worth billions.
A trade that can bring rewards—or human costs that cannot be measured...

Updates to South African research ethics guidelines which recognize significant potential for treating genetic diseases through heritable human genome editing...

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By Elizabeth Dias, The New York Times | 08.14.2024

Republicans may be backing away from abortion, but these activists have a strategy, with or without Trump.

The pivot seems...

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By Aseel Mousa and Emma Graham-Harrison, The Guardian | 08.13.2024

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Airstrikes have killed children born from IVF, while shelling of fertility clinic’s lab...

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By Fyodor Urnov, Time | 08.12.2024

After a lifetime in the field of epigenetics, and nearly 20 years after my colleagues and I coined the term...

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By Joy Zhang, BioNews | 08.12.2024

What do China’s new ethical guidlines tell us about the country's changing attitude to human genome editing? Professor Joy Zhang...

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By Azeen Ghorayshi and Sarah Kliff, The New York Times | 08.12.2024

An emerging movement against in vitro fertilization is driving some doctors and patients in red states to move or destroy...

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By Émile P. Torres, Truthdig | 08.08.2024

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The latest Democratic line of attack targeting Trump, his running mate JD Vance...

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By Priyanka Runwal, Chemical and Engineering News | 08.05.2024

Saritee Sanodiya, 26, has spent countless days wondering if she’ll ever live a “normal” life. Growing up, Sanodiya often missed...

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By Gary Marcus, The Guardian | 08.03.2024

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On 16 May 2023, Sam Altman, OpenAI’s charming, softly...