Genetically Modified Life

With a limb-lengthening treatment brochure in your hand, sitting alone in the doctor's office you stand up and you look at yourself in...

Our imperfections and struggles are commonly held to make life more meaningful; but why would we insist on passing down flaws that result...

When you hear the saying, “like father like son” or, “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,” you may think, the child is like their...

Imagine a world where your whole existence and what people viewed you as was entirely based on your genome. Even though, you did not ask...

If you were a professional or olympic athlete and you had the ability to become stronger, faster, and all around better by making a...

What decisions do we have the authority to make that will have an affect on others? How can we weigh the benefits and the consequences?...

The advancement of technology in the field of genetic engineering may soon make it possible to alter DNA so precisely that human traits...

When your father almost passes away, you start to think of all the what-if questions. What if the doctors made or make a mistake? What if...

Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have found a way to silence the chromosome that causes Down syndrome. By...