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March 16, 2019 at 10:35 am

Newer heart valves may let more people avoid surgery

Surgery for certain bad heart valves may soon become a thing of the past. New studies suggest it's OK and often better to have a...

February 13, 2019 at 2:01 pm

Cleaning routine shows promise in curbing superbug infection

Think of it as decontaminating yourself. Hospitalized patients who harbor certain superbugs can cut their risk of developing full-blown infections if they swab medicated goo...

February 7, 2019 at 12:01 pm

Stanford probes faculty ties to China gene-edited baby work

Stanford University has started a review of interactions that some faculty members had with He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist who claims to have helped make...

February 7, 2019 at 8:01 am

Tests suggest scientists achieved 1st ‘in body’ gene editing

Scientists think they have achieved the first gene editing inside the body, altering DNA in adults to try to treat a disease, although it's too...

January 31, 2019 at 2:01 am

Nearly half of U.S. adults have heart or blood-vessel disease

The medical milestone that's mostly due to recent guidelines that expanded how many people have high blood pressure.

January 28, 2019 at 9:05 am

AP Exclusive: US Nobelist was told of gene-edited babies

Long before the claim of the world's first gene-edited babies became public, Chinese researcher He Jiankui shared the news with a U.S. Nobel laureate who...

January 21, 2019 at 9:44 am

China seems to confirm scientist’s gene-edited babies claim

Chinese authorities appear to have confirmed a scientist's unpublished claim that he helped make the world's first gene-edited babies and that a second pregnancy is...

December 2, 2018 at 6:33 am

Could anyone have stopped gene-edited babies experiment? WATCH

HONG KONG (AP) — Early last year, a little-known Chinese researcher turned up at an elite meeting in Berkeley, California, where scientists and ethicists were...

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November 28, 2018 at 9:27 pm

China halts work by team on gene-edited babies VIEW

HONG KONG (AP) — China's government ordered a halt Thursday to work by a medical team that claimed to have helped make the world's first...

November 27, 2018 at 5:58 pm

Another gene-edited baby may be on the way, scientist says VIEW

HONG KONG (AP) — A Chinese researcher who claims to have helped make the world's first genetically edited babies says a second pregnancy may be...

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