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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 Oliver James Campbell, The Guardian | 05.13.2024

As someone who has been hard of hearing since I was a teenager, I read with great interest about the...

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By Gabriel Borelli, Pew Research Center | 05.13.2024

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The political debate around access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) intensified this year,  following...

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By Victoria Bisset and Adela Suliman, The Washington Post | 05.09.2024

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A baby girl born with profound genetic deafness can now hear unaided after receiving a...

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By Maham Javaid, The Washington Post | 05.09.2024

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New York City is denying...

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By Ryan Cross, Endpoints News | 05.08.2024

A half-decade after a scientist’s reckless experiment with human embryos put a stop to much of China’s clinical work on...

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By Alex Philippidis, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | 05.07.2024

Pfizer has paused enrollment in a Phase III trial assessing its Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene therapy candidate fordadistrogene movaparvovec...

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By Emi Nietfeld, Slate | 05.07.2024

 Amy Yin always envisioned having at least two daughters. She spent her 20s working as an engineer and founding...

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By Carl Elliott, The New York Times | 05.07.2024

Here is the way I remember it: The year is 1985, and a few medical students are gathered around an...