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Oh, No, It's a Girl! South Asians Flock to Sex-Selection Clinics in U.S.

Tue, 31 Aug 2010

For those with roots in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, sex selection is often not freely chosen.

Top IVF doctor defends offering help for parents to pick babies' sex

Thu, 29 Jul 2010

MEET the doctor who is making Scots' dreams of designing the perfect baby come true.

Conservation and Eugenics: The environmental movement's dirty secret

Orion Magazine, whose mission is "serious thinking on the deeper connection between the environment and social and political issues," has published a thoughtful essay tracing the roots of environmentalism back to a very unpleasant historical truth.

Sometimes Beautiful People Do Unattractive Things

Wed, 23 Jun 2010

Beautifulpeople.com is taking the designer gamete market to a whole new level by using its online dating service as a vehicle for people to find sperm from attractive donors so that they can presumably have beautiful children.

Dating Site Creates Online Sperm and Egg Bank

Mon, 21 Jun 2010

Who doesn�t love a pretty baby? According to one company, the better question might be who doesn�t want one?

Caveat Emptor, Caveat Spittor

Fri, 14 May 2010

Direct-to-consumer genetic tests are bad medicine. And what of their societal implications?

A Real-Life Version of �My Sister�s Keeper�

Thu, 06 May 2010

"The Match" is an emotionally compelling and thought-provoking account of a family's decision to create a genetically matched baby to treat their sick daughter.

3-Parent Embryos Could Prevent Disease, But Raise Ethical Issues

Wed, 14 Apr 2010

Mitochondrial swapping might seem less controversial than regular genetic engineering, because it involves metabolism rather than obvious physical traits. "On the other hand, when embryo manipulations for heritable changes start being done, even with the best intentions, we're on slippery ground," said Darnovsky.

Gene testing spurs decline of some dire diseases

Fri, 19 Feb 2010

Some inherited diseases appear to be declining, and a few have nearly disappeared, because more people are using genetic testing to decide whether to have children.

Eugenics fear as British couples are offered �700 online gene test for 100 inherited diseases

Tue, 09 Feb 2010

Experts warned that a simple test to stop couples from passing on genetic diseases to their children was unnecessary and could lead to 'back door eugenics'.

Whither Personal Genomics?

Fri, 29 Jan 2010

Three companies offer contrasting examples of where the fledgling industry goes from here.

Embryos destroyed for "minor" disorders

Sun, 24 Jan 2010

UK fertility regulators are allowing doctors to screen out embryos that could lead full lives despite having a genetic condition.

Nudging the Discourse?

Fri, 08 Jan 2010

The Popular Mechanics article misleadingly titled "How to Create a Designer Baby" includes a call for regulation of assisted reproduction.

Demand for 'designer babies' to grow dramatically

Thu, 07 Jan 2010

Parental demand for �designer babies� screened to lack faulty genes will grow dramatically over the next decade, a leading geneticist has predicted.

IVF websites often mum on embryo gene test risks

Wed, 14 Oct 2009

Fertility clinic websites aren't doing a great job of explaining the risks of genetically testing an embryo before it's implanted in the womb, researchers found.