A wife, husband and their now-adult child say the mistake happened 44 years ago, but they only found out in recent years.

The Health Ministry’s discovery of a malfunction in test kits used to detect a genetic mutation especially common among Ashkenazi Jews has reportedly led to the formation of a special review committee ...

The Health Ministry says that a malfunction has been discovered in test kits used to detect a mutation in the MECR gene, which raises the risk of a severe genetic neurological disease in fetuses, ...

A Chinese scientist horrified the world in 2018 when he revealed he had secretly engineered the birth of the world's first gene-edited babies. His work was reviled as reckless and unethical because, ...

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The technique used on a 9½-month-old boy with a rare condition has the potential to help people with thousands of other uncommon genetic diseases. KJ Muldoon was born with a rare genetic disorder, ...

Alex Sundby is a senior editor at CBSNews.com. In addition to editing content, Alex also covers breaking news, writing about crime and severe weather as well as everything from multistate lottery ...

A misidentification in the original reports surrounding the death of Gene Hackman, his wife, Betsy Arakawa, and one of their three pet dogs has been uncovered. Because the affidavit for the search ...

SANTA FE, N.M. − News of the deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, pinged into Sherry Gaber’s cellphone as text messages from friends. “Do you know about this?” one friend asked, with a ...