The mega-ethical question of who and what is a human being is brought to one’s mind with increasing frequency by the accelerating advances in scientific technology. As human beings increasingly apply ...

Human genetic engineering has always been the stuff of science-fiction novels and blockbuster Hollywood films. Except that it is no longer confined to books and movies. Scientists and doctors are ...

What if you could screen embryos for diseases before they became babies? What if you had the power to choose the traits your baby would have? Would you use it? These practically polar opposite ...

Students, faculty and staff are invited to hear Maxwell Mehlman, the Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law, Distinguished University Professor and director of the Law-Medicine Center, present "The ...

GEN editors discuss both the news and history of DNA and genetic engineering. We present a recap of the 50 th anniversary of the Asilomar conference, delving into some of the history from the 1975 ...

Want a bespoke baby? Check the beauty, brains, or brawn boxes on the embryo order form. Genetic tinkering is no longer science fiction — it’s a market without legal guidelines or societal buy-in. But ...

Columnist Michael Le Page delves into a catalogue of hundreds of potentially beneficial gene mutations and variants that is popular with transhumanists ...

Gameto plans to integrate this meiosis-induction approach with its proprietary ovarian organoid (“ovaroid”) platform to induce human oogonia to enter early meiotic stages in vitro. This capability ...