human trait selection

Twin girls born earlier this month had their DNA altered to prevent them from contracting HIV, according to an…

The UK’s Nuffield Council on Bioethics says it’s acceptable to genetically engineer human embryos, so long as the…

Two years ago, a consortium of scientists, lawyers, and entrepreneurs announced a plan to synthesize an artificial…

Last week’s historic summit on human gene-editing has come to a close, and its organizing committee has given the…

In the wake of news that scientists in China modified the DNA of human embryos, a number of scientists and…

After weeks of speculation, it can finally be confirmed that geneticists in China have modified the DNA of human…

There's a provocative and somewhat disturbing article over at Vice about China's recent foray into genetics and the…

Scientists have successfully sequenced a baby's entire genome while it was still in the womb — and without…