Seeking to change a population, to increase the occurrence of chosen characteristics that are believed to be both heritable and desirable.
This piece by Vanessa Burns, exploring the impact the impact that CRISPR-based genome editing will have over the next 25 years, won the second prize in the inaugural Marcus Pembrey BioNews Writing Competition...
A timely conversation focused on the bioethical concerns wrapped up in the clinical use of polygenic embryo screening...
Do we need to prepare for a technology that may put into question the very nature of being human? Noor Siddiqui, the founder of Orchid Health, discuses how the company is using gene technology so people can 'have healthy babies'...
This film documents a lecture by Sandy Starr – deputy director of PET – about the life and legacy of JBS Haldane, who at one time was the best-known scientist in Britain and who helped to pioneer the idea of IVF...
A new dialogue report shows backing from members of the public for the extension of the 14-day limit on human embryo research...
The BBC has dramatised the work of Dr Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe to create the world's first IVF baby, in this latest radio play, bringing their story to a much wider audience, writes Anne Galvin...
Professor Imogen Goold's lecture about the ethical issues surrounding the use of genome editing in humans gets Ruth Retassie thinking about how our society treats disability...
Through a series of video installations, this Wellcome Collection exhibition delves into the complexities of race and identity in the modern era of avatars, videogames, and DNA ancestry...
On the 70th anniversary of the publication of the seminal papers detailing the DNA double helix, we have new insight into the discovery of DNA's structure. Three experts are interviewed in this BBC Inside Science podcast...
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