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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...
When Kathleen Aukstikalnis was expecting her first baby, she turned to a common prenatal test that a lot of her...
Scientists have developed a new line of stem cells—all derived from the same person—that can be used to study sex...
UC San Francisco has issued a public apology after conducting an investigation into experiments performed by two faculty members in...
In November 2018, Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the world when he announced, first on YouTube and then at an international...
A life-size bronze statue of Henrietta Lacks, the woman whose cancer cells were taken without her consent and were used...
The European Commission, the European Union (EU) executive responsible for proposing legislation, has proposed new regulation to allow parenthood rights...
Women recruited by an international surrogacy agency to carry babies for wealthy clients are being asked to undergo “unethical” medical...
In 1961, a new journal of ethnology and anthropology appeared on academic bookshelves. Nearly every page betrayed an obsession with...