Inside the AI industry's worst-case-scenario prep.

Are age cutoffs for fertility treatments based on medical evidence or societal norms? Dr Andrea Martani discusses the issues.

The scariest movie playing at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival is a 110-minute essay film about AI.

Research into human-animal chimeras could have a therapeutic payoff, but the work brings up thorny ethical questions.

Nature Human Behaviour - Embryo screening and the new reproductive divide

Pauline Hanson speaking about Aboriginal people on a white Christian podcast last year said 'they're the most primitive race on Earth and we're suppos...

A company is offering a service that lets parents select the embryo they find most genetically acceptable. If you think this sounds sinister, that’s because it is

The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war

Alexandra Minna Stern explores the eugenic fantasies and enduring legacy of Jean Raspail’s 1973 novel ‘The Camp of the Saints.’

Ultragenyx scored a belated regulatory win with the FDA approval of a first-in-disease gene therapy, giving the company a boost after a previous regulatory rejection and a recent late-stage setback | Ultragenyx scored a belated regulatory win with FDA approval for a first-in-disease gene therapy, giving the company a boost after a previous regulatory rejection and a recent late-stage setback.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a major focus of news recently, as it s

On Eugenic Instruction and the Eugenic Gaze on College Students

Why did a mysterious couple collect babies in a Los Angeles mansion? A five-part podcast series from In the Dark investigates.

Two pediatric deaths in Chinese CRISPR trials reignite debate over AAV delivery risks, as many of the 15 genetic-medicine experts Endpoints spoke with point to high viral doses rather than gene editing itself.

Nature - The technique uses chemical tags to shut down viral DNA lurking in a host’s genome.

Join us on October 9th, 12pm ET/ 9am PT for the next ELSI Friday Forum: What Do China’s Recent Gene Editing Deaths Mean for CRISPR Research?

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.

How many eggs are needed for a realistic chance of a future live birth depends on age and individual circumstances.

UK government reviewing allegations about My Surrogacy Journey after complaints about medical costs

A new startup called Cofertility lets young women freeze their eggs—for free. But is anything ever truly free?

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

Two pediatric deaths in Chinese CRISPR trials reignite debate over AAV delivery risks, as many of the 15 genetic-medicine experts Endpoints spoke with point to high viral doses rather than gene editing itself.

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.

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 McKenna West surrogacy case raises complicated questions about abortion, medical consent, race and whether a contract can override a pregnant woman’s bodily autonomy.