AbabyhasbeenborninChinatoasurrogatemotherfouryearsafterhisparentsdiedinacarcrash,Chinesemediareported.Thecouple,whodiedin2013,hadfrozenseveralembryoshopingtohav
(CNN)Inthefuture,itmightbepossibletopreventinheritedillnessesbymakingachangetoasinglefaultygene.Thatwasrecentlydemonstratedinanewstudy.Forthefirsttime,scientist
Precise"chemicalsurgery"hasbeenperformedonhumanembryostoremovediseaseinaworldfirst,ChineseresearchershavetoldtheBBC.TheteamatSunYat-senUniversityusedatechniquec
Gene-editedhumanembryosareofferingnewinsightsintotheearlieststagesofdevelopment,andcouldreducetheriskofmiscarriageattheoutsetofpregnancy.Inanewstudy,researchers