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Sperm counts are falling. Here are 5 ways to boost male fertility
The concentration of sperm in semen, also known as sperm count, has halved in the West since the 1970s. The ...
How much did the Chinese government know about controversial CRISPR babies research?
When scientist He Jiankui announced he’d conducted an experiment that led to the birth of twin girls with CRISPR-edited genomes in November, ...
DNA ancestry tests are not ‘crystal balls’—they’re approximations
Identical twins have virtually identical DNA. So you’d think if a set of twins both sent in a DNA sample ...
Fasting diets are soaring in popularity. Are they backed by science?
Over the past couple of decades, as dozens of diets and weight management schemes have come in and out of ...
Will we see illegal CRISPR IVF clinics in the US? Experts weigh in
The possibility of “CRISPR babies” became real [November 25], when a Chinese scientist stunned the world by announcing he’d used the gene-editing ...
Viewpoint: What ‘New Atheists’ get wrong about science and religion
New Atheism is a literary movement that sprung up in 2004, led by prominent authors like Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, ...
Reading genes: How much of your future do they reveal?
The journal Nature Genetics recently published an enormous study demonstrating yet again how multiple sites on the genome can play a role ...
What is CRISPR? And why should you care?
If you haven’t heard of CRISPR yet, the short explanation goes like this: In the past six years, scientists have ...
Video: How gene drives could use ‘selfish’ genes to eradicate malaria
The invention of the CRISPR gene editing tool has injected new life into a line of research called gene drive ...
Genetically modified mosquitos could eliminate malaria, if we’re willing to take risk
[Kevin] Esvelt is a biologist at MIT and the first person to formulate a technology known as a CRISPR gene ...
Male birth control? Here are 3 methods headed our way
While a pill for men certainly isn’t coming to the pharmacy anytime soon, unfortunately, there is reason for (muted) hope ...
Harvard geneticist David Reich NY Times’ op-ed ignites debate over whether ‘races’ exist
On Monday morning, I woke up to a tweet from Sam Harris, the bestselling author and popular podcast host, referencing ...
