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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...

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More than 175 years after his death, a man named John Voorhees may finally have a proper burial.

Mr. Voorhees...

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By Kate Aubusson, The Age | 08.07.2022

Under the current system, if a woman hasn’t used her stored eggs after 10 years she has the option of...

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The repudiation of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey awakens fears around the repercussions of...

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By Robert Reich , LA Progressive | 08.07.2022

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This week, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addressed a crowd of thousands of American...

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By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 08.04.2022

In a search for novel forms of longevity medicine, a biotech company based in Israel says it intends to create...

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The pigs had been lying dead in the lab for an hour — no blood was circulating in their bodies...

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Under Georgia law, fetuses now have “full legal recognition” as living people. That means their parents can claim them as...