The rise of gene-edited embryos has raised a myriad of ethical questions. It involves altering DNA to prevent disease or even to choose specific traits using a method known as CRISPR. In 2018, Chinese ...

Genetic tests are making their way into primary care settings — for example, Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger will offer DNA sequencing to 1,000 patients in June and Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford ...

Genetic screening is gaining an increasingly large presence in the world of medical care. The technology is advancing rapidly, providing more and more sophisticated information about an individual’s ...

Hundreds of scientists, doctors, bioethicists, patients, and others started gathering in London Monday for the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing. The summit this week will debate and ...

Students from Passaic County Technical Institute and Diana C. Lobosco STEM Academy, both in Wayne, debated the pros and cons of genetic coding in bioethics during the Becton, Dickinson and Company ...

The global conservation community is debating whether to ban the release of genetically modified organisms into the wild. Dozens of non-governmental organizations have called for a moratorium on field ...

Lifewire: Anant Madabhushi, the Donnell Institute Professor of Biomedical Engineering, discussed the perceived pros and cons of artificial intelligence in health care and assessed that there is both ...

LOWELL | While the topics of genetic engineering and cloning have played out in the arena of public opinion and in legislative bodies across this country and beyond for years, they have been debated ...