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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, among other reasons, gene-editing was so new...

INTRODUCTION

Baby bonuses. Motherhood medals. Fertility tracking. You may have heard of these policy proposals as solutions from the Trump administration to help encourage women to have more children.

Besides falling short of ensuring that people have what they need...

Adapted from Mitochondrial DNA at
National Human Genome Research Institute

Recently, media outlets around the world have been reporting on...

A newly available kind of genetic testing, called polygenic embryo screening, promises to screen for conditions that can include cancer...

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By Caiwei Chen and Antonio Regalado , MIT Technology Review | 05.23.2025

Since the Chinese biophysicist He Jiankui was released from prison in 2022, he has sought to make a scientific comeback...

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By Staff, Reuters | 05.22.2025

Italy's Constitutional Court said on Thursday that same-sex female couples who use in vitro fertilization (IVF) abroad can both be...

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By Kevin Davies, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | 05.21.2025

This week a diverse group of researchers, bioethicists, publishers and theologians, are gathering in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to extend and expand...

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By Christine Fernando, Associated Press | 05.20.2025

Days after a bombing outside a Southern California fertility clinic, a White House official confirmed Tuesday that the Trump administration...

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By Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News | 05.19.2025

A bombing this weekend at a fertility clinic in California is raising fears that the threat of violence that has...

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By Mariam E Sunny and Siddhi Mahatole, Reuters | 05.19.2025

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN.O), opens new tab said on Monday it will buy genomics firm 23andMe Holding for $256 million through...

"Robert F. Kennedy Jr." by Gage Skidmore
By Paul Josephson, Common Dreams | 05.17.2025

“Robert F. Kennedy Jr.” by Gage Skidmore
via Wikimedia Commons licensed under CC by SA 3.0

Charles Fremont Dight has...

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By Nicolas Le Dévédec, The Conversation | 05.14.2025

The goal of transhumanists is to improve human beings so they will perform better. In doing so, they contribute above...