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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...

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By Albert Fox Cahn, The Daily Beast | 11.14.2022

This week, when police in Edmonton, Canada, released a suspect’s image, the crude graphic didn’t come from CCTV or a...

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By Jessica Hamzelou, MIT Technology Review | 11.11.2022

According to her parents, Ayla Bashir is “a miracle.” The talkative and smiley 15-month-old is also a pioneer—the first person...

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By Emily Mullin, Wired | 11.10.2022

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In a new step for Crispr, scientists have used the gene-editing tool to...

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By Nicky Phillips, Nature | 11.09.2022

Around lunchtime on a warm March day in 1999, Kathleen Folbigg went to check on her sleeping 18-month-old daughter and...

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By Angelique Richardson, London Review of Books Blog | 11.04.2022

According to a recent article in the Sun on Sunday, an unnamed Tory minister is of the view that...

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By Laura Ungar, AP News | 11.04.2022

The lone volunteer in a unique study involving a gene-editing technique has died, and those behind the trial are now...

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By Jaipreet Virdi, The Washington Post | 11.04.2022

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Democrat John Fetterman’s performance in Pennsylvania’s lone Senate debate provoked intense discussions about his fitness...

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By Vanessa Caldwell, CBC | 11.03.2022

There are dozens of “Karbaat children” in the Netherlands. Their biological father is Jan Karbaat, a Dutch fertility doctor who...