Failed ventures have not cooled investor appetite for gene-editing groups and one of the most contested frontiers in science ...

Have you ever thought of having a baby that’s gonna be the exact version from your thoughts? The ocean blue eyes, the cute dimples or a head full of hair? It has become a reality now with designer ...

Designer babies once sounded like science fiction, until a Chinese scientist announced the birth of twin girls whose embryos had been genetically edited. This video explores the CRISPR experiment, the ...

One week ago, MIT Technology Review reported that scientists at an Oregon-based lab had modified the DNA of human embryos using the gene-editing technique known as CRISPR. That was a first for the ...

Medical advisers to the US Food & Drug Administration held hearings this week on whether to approve a controversial procedure called "three-parent in vitro fertilization.” The procedure is meant to ...

The Huffington Post quotes Professor Hank Greely on how new technology in genetic deletion could affect scientific research. Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World tells the story of a government that ...

Are you ready for the era of designer babies? Advances in gene sequencing have now made it possible for embryos to be screened for a host of genetic diseases and physical traits. Private companies are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Think of it like using autocorrect instead of cutting and pasting in a document. Previous embryo editing with standard CRISPR ...

A recent press release I received got me thinking about how much we really care about kids. The press alert came from the Coalition to Stop Designer Babies, which is organizing internationally to ...

~ Three percent of clinics surveyed said they have helped create children with a disability. CHICAGO -- The power to create "perfect" designer babies looms over the world of prenatal testing. But what ...

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