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German physician and sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld founded a revolutionary clinic where transgender people could receive gender-affirming care, but he left behind a complicated medical and scientific legacy.

Transgender scientists are seeing some success in advocating for standards that allow authors to change their names on previous work.

The Scientist’s reporters tracked the development of CAR T cell therapies, explored the Neanderthal DNA in our genomes, and dove into a CRISPR controversy.

The government wants to limit a person’s sex to male or female as determined by genitalia at birth and genetics. It’s not so simple, say scientists.

Research into the biological basis of gender identity is in its infancy, but clues are beginning to emerge.

How can science inform the debate on gender?

Brain studies have yielded a mixed picture of the neural similarities and differences between people of different genders.

Doctors report that a regimen of hormones, an antiemetic drug, and pumping gave the woman enough milk production to feed her baby exclusively breastmilk for six weeks.

The goal is to house patients’ follicles in a specially designed tissue matrix and reinsert them after treatment.

A conversation with Nate Allen, head moderator of r/Science

Researchers replicate the methods used in a falsified 2014 study that claimed short, in-person conversations could sway attitudes on same-sex marriage, this time reporting that the technique worked on people initially opposed to transgender rights.