CGS in the News
Genetic information company 23andMe has said that it is headed to bankruptcy court, raising questions for what happens to the DNA...
A young couple wants to have a baby, but they’re worried it’ll carry a disease that runs in the family...
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The National Health Research Ethics Council (NHREC) has confirmed that heritable human genome editing (HHGE) remains illegal in South Africa...
A little-noticed change to South Africa’s national health research guidelines, published in May of this year, has put the...
A US-based startup called Heliospect Genomics is charging parents tens of thousands of dollars to "screen" embryos they conceive for...
A US startup company is offering to help wealthy couples screen their embryos for IQ using controversial technology that raises...
Discovering your genetic history can be as simple as spitting into a test tube, but what happens when your data...