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03/05/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Controversial gene-editing procedure to fight AIDS is again being considered by scientists, despite disastrous results a decade ago

When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced last year that people who take HIV medication religiously for six months can theoretically get to point where they can’t transmit the virus, it was considered a huge advancement. There remains no cure for HIV and AIDS, although it is not the death sentence that it […]

02/12/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Medical monstrosity: Doctors creating “three-parent” babies to be carried to term by female volunteers

With all the Frankenstein-like science that we’ve been seeing in recent years, it was only a matter of time before scientists found a way to create babies using three parents. Now, doctors in the UK have been given the green light to create three-parent babies. The country’s fertility regulator is allowing doctors at Newcastle Fertility […]

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