NOVA: Where should we draw the line on the continuum between preventing suffering with gene therapy and improving upon nature with genetic enhancement ... confining human diversity to such ...

As genetics allows us to turn the tide on human disease, it's also granting ... Still, contemplation of these and other issues related to genetic engineering is important should the ability ...

"Human cells love redundancy," says Corn. Only when the backup is also switched off do they lose the ability to repair the ...

the eugenics movement was doomed from the start because most of the traits studied by eugenicists had little genetic basis. Among those characteristics targeted for elimination from the human ...

Three experts participated in an intense discussion on the ethics and challenges of human genetic enhancement during the debate at Northwestern University in Qatar, which, due to the global ...