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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 Ray Levy-Uyeda, Truthout | 06.08.2022

In the mid-2000s, Moonlight Pulido experienced a bout of hot flashes, emotional ups-and-downs, and other symptoms of menopause that confused...

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By Melissa Nobles , Chad Womack , Ambroise Wonkam & Elizabeth Wathuti, Nature | 06.08.2022

Science is a human endeavour that is fuelled by curiosity and a drive to better understand and shape our natural...

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By Linda Villarosa, The New York Times Magazine | 06.08.2022

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As young girls, the Relf sisters were sterilized without consent. What does the government...

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By Andrew Joseph , STAT | 06.06.2022

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Through their foundation, Allie LaForce and Joe Smith have so far helped families have...

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By Staff, The Indian Express | 06.03.2022

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With more and more people deciding not to have children, Catriona Campbell, author...

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By Liza Vertinsky and Yaniv Heled, The Conversation | 06.03.2022

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Every so often stories of genetic theft, or extreme precautions taken to avoid...

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By Dennis Thompson, HealthDay | 06.01.2022

The APOE4 gene is the most powerful genetic factor driving a person's risk for developing late-onset Alzheimer's disease.

"It...

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By Jocelyn Kaiser , Science | 06.01.2022

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Tools such as CRISPR that snip DNA to alter its sequence are moving tantalizingly...