Texas Sen. John Cornyn sounded the alarm that a biotech startup firm that has raised some $30 million to study diseases in ...

And so it has come to pass: Chinese scientists at the University in Guangzhou have created the first genetically modified human embryos. Although there had been rumors circulating for some time that ...

Genetically engineered humans may still sound like the stuff of science fiction, but the quest to create genetically modified babies is getting a reboot. NPR's health correspondent Rob Stein brings us ...

A Japanese government expert panel agreed Thursday to legally ban and penalize research or medical practices that genetically ...

Silicon Valley and other high tech billionaires are investing millions in start-ups dedicated to creating genetically engineered (GE) babies, according to a recent Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report. AI ...

A tech bro coalition is exploring ways to genetically engineer embryos to stave off hereditary diseases, despite the practice being banned in the U.S. Silicon Valley heavyweights Sam Altman of OpenAI ...

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 ...

LONDON — New rules proposed in Britain would make it the first country to allow embryos to be made from the DNA of three people in order to prevent mothers from passing on potentially fatal genetic ...