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Genetic information company 23andMe has said that it is headed to bankruptcy court, raising questions for what happens to the DNA shared by millions of people with the company via saliva test kits.

Sunday’s announcement clears the way for a new...

In a long-standing lawsuit, the ACLU, on behalf of partner organizations and an individual taxpayer, is challenging the state of California for its retention of genetic samples and profiles from people arrested but never convicted of a felony.  

The complaint...

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A young couple wants to have a baby, but they’re worried it’ll carry a disease that runs in the family...

Promise and Peril of CRISPR cover
By Staff, The Medicine Maker | 03.21.2025

"The Promise and Peril of CRISPR" cover by Johns Hopkins University Press

As a paediatrician taking care of children with...

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By Michael Gibney, PharmaVoice | 03.20.2025

The death this week of a teenager receiving Sarepta Therapeutics’ gene therapy Elevidys for Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a tragic...

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By Frank Landymore, Futurism | 03.18.2025

You can only throw so much money at a problem.

This, more or less, is the line being taken by...

He Jiankui
By Luis Prada, Vice | 03.14.2025

public domain photo by Voice of America via Wikimedia Commons

Back in 2019, Chinese biophysicist He Jiankui proudly announced to...

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By Dalton Conley, The New York Times | 03.13.2025

Since Francis Galton coined the phrase “nature versus nurture” 150 years ago, the debate about what makes us who we...

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By Nick Cumming-Bruce, New York Times | 03.13.2025

A United Nations commission on Thursday accused Israel of targeting hospitals and other health facilities in Gaza that provide reproductive...

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By Carter Sherman, The Guardian | 03.11.2025

In his first address to the United States after becoming vice-president, JD Vance stood on stage and proclaimed: “I want...