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A US startup company is offering to help wealthy couples screen their embryos for IQ using controversial technology that raises questions about the ethics of genetic enhancement.

The company, Heliospect Genomics, has worked with more than a dozen couples undergoing...

A little-noticed change to South Africa’s national health research guidelines, published in May of this year, has put the country on an ethical precipice. The newly added language appears to position the country as the first to explicitly permit...

IN THE FALL OF 2016, I gave a talk at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton titled “Are Robots...

Discovering your genetic history can be as simple as spitting into a test tube, but what happens when your data...

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By James Fair, Discover Wildlife | 08.16.2022

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Plans to bring back the thylacine or Tasmanian tiger, also known as thylacine –...

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By Jonathan Matthews and Claire Robinson, GMWatch | 08.14.2022

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Science Magazine recently published a paper in which Chinese scientists reported massive yield gains...

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By Mark Terry, BioSpace | 08.12.2022

Novartis’ gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) has had a complicated history, of which there is a...

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By Joseph Goldstein, The New York Times | 08.12.2022

The Mount Sinai Health System began an effort this week to build a vast database of patient genetic information that...

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By Kelsey Piper , Vox | 08.10.2022

There are teams of researchers in academia and at major AI labs these days working on the problem of AI...

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By Prabir Purkayastha, LA Progressive | 08.10.2022

In July, the world celebrated 200 years since the birth of Gregor Mendel, who is widely accepted as the “father...

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By Remy Tumin, The New York Times | 08.09.2022

More than 175 years after his death, a man named John Voorhees may finally have a proper burial.

Mr. Voorhees...

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By Kate Aubusson, The Age | 08.07.2022

Under the current system, if a woman hasn’t used her stored eggs after 10 years she has the option of...