Rob Stein

Enlarge this image Genetics researcher He Jiankui said his lab considered ethical issues before deciding to proceed with DNA editing of human…

Enlarge this image One researcher said parents would be better off spending their money on good food for their kids instead of…

Enlarge this image FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said he wants to ban menthol cigarettes because teenagers often become addicted to nicotine by…

Enlarge this image Chase Kulakowski, 3, contracted the polio-like condition known as acute flaccid myelitis in 2016. Two years later, his mother…

Enlarge this image Evelyn Marie Vukadinovich is swabbed with a gauze pad immediately after being born by cesarean section at Inova Women’s…

Enlarge this image DNA sleuthing helped identify Joseph James DeAngelo, the suspected East Area Rapist, who was arraigned in a Sacramento, Calif.,…

Enlarge this image Osteoporosis specialists are considering wider use of a drug to strengthen bones in elderly women. BSIP/BSIP/UIG/Getty Images hide caption…

Enlarge this image Immature human eggs (pink) were created by Japanese researchers using stem cells that were derived from blood cells. Courtesy…