Like all new parents, Arthur Zey and Chase Popp think their son Dax is the most perfect baby in the world. But they don't attribute their son's temperament to their paternal instincts alone.

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The latest batch of files from the Jeffrey Epstein case revealed the defamed financier was interested in a company looking to ...

A Chinese scientist, He Jiankui, made a shocking announcement to the world in 2018: He had secretly engineered the birth of the first gene-edited... The tech behind genetically modified babies is ...

Chinese scientist He Jiankui spent three years in prison after 'creating' three genetically edited babies. Back in the laboratory, he continues to defend experiments with humans, although now he only ...

Eleven guthega skinks could soon become 13 thanks to a captive breeding program in the Alpine national park ...

Sam Altman and husband reportedly working to genetically engineer babies from having hereditary disease - Sam Altman and his ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Peter Champelli: Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Friday, November 14th. I'm ...

And the first company to publicly announce plans to try to genetically modify human embryos to create gene-edited babies just unveiled its plans. "We want to be the company that does this in the light ...

Genetically engineered humans may still sound like the stuff of science fiction, but the quest to create genetically modified babies is getting a reboot. NPR's health correspondent Rob Stein brings us ...