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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 Matthew Herper, STAT | 11.03.2022

The first time I remember hearing the words “biology’s century,” it was a sales pitch.

I was standing by the...

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By Sarah Todd, Quartz | 11.03.2022

Trying to decide on a sperm donor means sorting through a dizzying amount of information.

Log onto the site of...

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By Ellen Trachman, Above The Law | 11.02.2022

Disclaimer:  I attended and presented at this meeting, as discussed in the column. The views expressed are mine alone...

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By Mara Hvistendahl, The Intercept | 11.01.2022

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IT STARTED WITH a bold idea. “Someone finally convinced me to do something really, really stupid,” virologist...

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By Mara Hvistendahl, The Intercept | 11.01.2022

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AT THE MOMENT that the ferret bit him, the researcher was smack in the middle of...

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By Mara Hvistendahl, The Intercept | 11.01.2022

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THE GRADUATE STUDENT was alone in the lab on a Saturday, handling a mouse infected...

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By Erika Check Hayden, The New York Times | 10.26.2022

Weeks after Valeria Schenkel took an experimental drug named after her, the daily seizures that had afflicted her from birth...

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By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 10.25.2022

Paul Cézanne, Pyramide de crânes, via Wikipedia

A little over 15 years ago, scientists at Kyoto University in Japan made...