The scientist responsible for creating the world’s first genetically modified babies violated government bans and…
A British geneticist is worried that He Jiankui—the Chinese scientist responsible for the birth of genetically modified…
Gene therapies are very much at their preliminary stages of development, so it would make sense to keep tabs on…
To tackle widespread scientific misconduct, the Chinese government has expanded its controversial social credit system…
A baboon survived 195 days after an experimental heart transplant, according to a new paper. But the heart didn’t come…
The current whereabouts of He Jiankui—the scientist who claims to have engineered the world’s first genetically…
A project claiming to have produced the world’s first gene-edited babies has been stopped by the Chinese government,…
Speaking at a genetics conference in Hong Kong earlier today, embattled Chinese scientist He Jiankui said he was…
Twin girls born earlier this month had their DNA altered to prevent them from contracting HIV, according to an…
A 47-year-old Asian elephant named Happy has lived in isolation at the Bronx Zoo for the past 12 years. A team of…
New research shows that chocolate Labrador retrievers are more likely to experience health problems and die younger…
For the first time in U.S. history, a death row inmate has been killed with a lethal injection containing fentanyl, a…
The UK’s Nuffield Council on Bioethics says it’s acceptable to genetically engineer human embryos, so long as the…
The five year long struggle to free a pair of captive chimps in the state of New York has finally come to an end.…
Two years ago, a consortium of scientists, lawyers, and entrepreneurs announced a plan to synthesize an artificial…
A neuroscientist from Yale University is claiming to have developed a technique that preserves the brain tissue of pigs…
Over 150 experts in AI, robotics, commerce, law, and ethics from 14 countries have signed an open letter denouncing the…
A prominent research lab at MIT has terminated its relationship with Nectome, a new startup with the stated mission of…
A study published a week ago about an enigmatic, six-inch-long skeleton found near the Atacama Desert is causing…
The United States is dealing with a drug shortage—a legal injection drug shortage, that is. In response, states where…
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