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It's a new year, which, for Simone Collins, means a new pregnancy.

This will be her sixth pregnancy since 2019, and, if...

A young couple wants to have a baby, but they’re worried it’ll carry a disease that runs in the family. “There’s a solution,” the doctor says, “a technology that can alter the disease-causing gene in the egg, ensuring that the...

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In June 1971, Robert Pollack, a young researcher at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, phoned...

IN MAY 1921, the organizers of the Second International Congress of Eugenics assured the public that its conference, to be...

wheel of DNA
By Staff, GMWatch | 02.24.2025

In an open statement, civil society groups, scientists, and academics are challenging the democratic legitimacy of any conclusions or policy...

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By Staff, The Economist | 02.21.2025

One of the greatest scandals in modern science began with a late-2010s advertisement for HIV-positive couples looking to have children...

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By Angus Liu, Fierce Pharma | 02.21.2025

Pfizer is pulling further away from the gene therapy field with its decision to discontinue hemophilia product Beqvez.

The New...

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By Angelica Peebles, CNBC | 02.21.2025

Bluebird Bio will sell itself to private equity firms Carlyle and SK Capital for about $30 million, the company said...

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By Smriti Mallapaty, Nature | 02.20.2025

A two-and-a-half-year-old girl shows no signs of a rare genetic disorder, after becoming the first person to be treated for...

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By David Jensen, Capitol Weekly | 02.19.2025

California scientists took what looked like an $800 million hit last week in their efforts to develop revolutionary treatments and...

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By Ryan Cross, Endpoints News | 02.19.2025

On a sunny September day in 2023, scientists at CRISPR Therapeutics invited me to peer through their microscopes. Through the...