For decades, donor-conceived people had no way of knowing whether anyone else had been through what they had. The internet changed that.

Stanford's Sergiu Pasca bred mice lacking cortex/hippocampus for the first time, replacing cells with human neurons, aiding neuropsychiatric research including frontotemporal dementia and autism.

Changes to NHS funding for IVF have been put forward by both the UK and Scottish governments, potentially paving the way for better access.

For the Legacies of Eugenics series, Terence Keel examines how eugenics shapes the way we think about people who lose their lives during violent encounters with the state.

In a new interview, the billionaire philanthropist sounds an alarm on the urgency of getting our AI policies in order.

For the Legacies of Eugenics series, Terence Keel examines how eugenics shapes the way we think about people who lose their lives during violent encounters with the state.

In a new interview, the billionaire philanthropist sounds an alarm on the urgency of getting our AI policies in order.

The long read: We are used to the idea that our fellow humans might intentionally mislead or manipulate us, but the idea that machines can now do the same is deeply unsettling. Researchers are racing to find solutions before it’s too late

Kennedy has blamed others for declining vaccination rates, and downplayed the dangers of measles.

Modern contraceptives were shaped by unethical research practices and the sacrifices of everyday women whose suffering was too often ignored.

Despite President Donald Trump’s promises to make fertility treatment more affordable, the overall costs for one IVF cycle in the U.S. remain in the tens of thousands of dollars. So more Americans tha...

Experts urge clinics and specialists to "carefully consider" offering IVF add-on treatments as they can be seen as "implicit endorsement of benefit" when there's little evidence most work.  

A new nonprofit wants to streamline gene therapy for diseases often avoided by pharmaceutical companies — making treatment more like a routine procedure than a bespoke drug.

Experts at HJ26 said journalists have a responsibility to identify and push back on policies and actions that contribute to a “resurgence” of eugenics.

Democrats hope to remind voters of President Donald Trump’s unfulfilled campaign promise to fund in vitro fertilization treatments.

With huge amounts of money at stake and power imbalances in play, the Australian Law Reform Commission is looking at how to better regulate the industry

Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., the Nobel Laureate best known for co-inventing the CRISPR system that has become the foundation for gene editing, is dipping her toes into a new, buzzy field:

Researchers have created what they say may count as the first synthetic cell, and have started a public benefit corporation to share the technology with