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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...

Not too long ago, organ transplants between humans were impossible and appeared to be science fiction. However, they have grown to become...

The phrase “Head Transplant” sparks images of Dr. Frankenstein, neck bolts, and comic books. These are associations Neurosurgeon Sergio...

“I had to memorize the details, and I have not got it out of my head, it stays there — the things I saw,” she says. “The beheading — I...

Ian Burkhart was involved in a tragic accident when he was a freshman in college, leaving him paralyzed from the shoulders down. Life as...

For thousands of years, people have chosen to dedicate their lives to the practice of worship; anything from the Scripture of...

A respected surgeon meets with a prospective patient who has a seemingly  outrageous request to remove a perfectly healthy limb. After...

This paper will focus on a new medical innovation, the Total Artificial Heart (TAH), but specifically focusing on the question is it...

Imagine the following scenarios. Your little brother just got a kidney transplant and he needs to take all of his medicine correctly or...

Less than 40 years ago, being diagnosed with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) was a death sentence, as there was no treatment for...

After 20 years, a group of scientists led by J. Craig Venter created a new, synthetic life form.  Its name-- Mycoplasma mycoides...

Today, most surgical training is completed on cadavers and in operating rooms.  Unfortunately, the number of available cadavers does not...

A catastrophic event is underway. We are in the midst of the Sixth Mass Extinction, a modern and human-made extinction. The megafauna...

Humans have been consuming the meat of other animals since the beginning of time. Now millions of years later, the process we apply to...

The African malaria mosquito is the most dangerous animal on earth, claiming roughly half a million lives each year. In 2016, there were...