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IN THE Operation Varsity Blues scandal of 2019, 50 wealthy parents were charged with trying to get their children into elite universities through fraudulent means. The story dramatically demonstrated the lengths to which some parents will go to ensure their...

The gene-editing tool CRISPR enabled a groundbreaking new treatment for sickle-cell disease, and in the future, scientists anticipate that it could be used to tackle cancer, forms of inherited blindness, various superbug infections and even HIV...

There was immediate backlash when Alabama’s Supreme Court ruled in February that embryos created through in vitro fertilization qualified as...

When venture capitalist Jack Abraham first began dating his wife, Gabriella Massamillo, he insisted on one condition: that when they...

A gloved pink cartoon hand holding a cartoon vial with blue liquid and 3 pink embryos in it
By Jessica Hamzelou, MIT Technology Review | 03.02.2023

When the first baby born using a controversial procedure that meant he had three genetic parents was born back in...

a collage that shows various assisted reproductive technologies. It is composed of various cartoon images surrounding fertility that is white, blue, and pink. This is on a teal background.
By Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times | 03.01.2023

Five years ago, Jason Diaz underwent drastic surgery to combat a rare type of cancer. He had his stomach removed...

A cartoon drawing of a scientist looking at a DNA double helix on a purple background
By Brian Murphy, The Washington Post | 02.18.2023

Paul Berg, a Nobel laureate biochemist whose breakthrough in splicing DNA molecules helped place the foundations for the biotech industry...

drawing of three human bodies with a DNA strand across each body
By Robert Resta and Diane B. Paul, The DNA Exchange | 02.15.2023

The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) recently released Facing Our History – Building An Equitable Future Initiative, a...

a realistic drawing of a dodo bird.
By James Ashworth, Natural History Museum | 02.15.2023

Photo by McGill Library on Unsplash

The dodo has joined an exclusive club, becoming one of the species suggested for...

He Jiankui at his panel in 2018
By Smriti Mallapaty, Nature [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 02.12.2023

He Jiankui, the Chinese biophysicist who shocked the world by creating the first children with edited genomes, says research must...

a white dna strand over a red medical cross
By David Jensen, The California Stem Cell Report | 02.05.2023

The multimillion-dollar costs of gene therapies -- the type that the state of California is helping to finance -- received...

he jiankui in a light blue button up standing in front of a lab. The background is blurred
By Hannah Devlin, The Guardian | 02.04.2023

The scientist at the heart of the scandal involving the world’s first gene-edited babies has said he moved “too quickly”...