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Every human cell has millions of ribosomes that make proteins. For decades, biologists thought of ribosomes as tiny, uniform machines. But now a Stanford Medicine team is showing that ribosomes are ...

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A six-year-old girl's death in China highlights the urgent need for regulation in gene-editing trials amid ethical concerns.

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Born through the world's first successful IVF procedure, Louise Brown changed the course of fertility treatment forever.