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A California-startup focused on genetically editing human embryos — a step toward creating so-called designer babies — is raising money as many of Silicon Valley’s ultra-rich turn their attention to one of the most controversial technologies in medicine.

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A newly available kind of genetic testing, called polygenic embryo screening, promises to screen for conditions that can include cancer, obesity, autism, bipolar disorder, even celiac disease. These conditions are informed by many genetic variants and environmental factors - so...

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By Paul Rincon, BBC | 12.01.2021

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By Sarah Martin, The Guardian | 12.01.2021

Members of parliament have voted to legalise controversial mitochondrial donation in the first conscience vote since same-sex marriage in 2017...

By Ian Sample, The Guardian | 12.01.2021

Robust regulations must be put in place to protect the welfare of farmed animals before genome-editing procedures are approved for...

Earth in a pair of hands
By Dan Samorodnitsky, Massive Science | 11.30.2021

If I placed before you an atom with one proton and one electron, you would be forced to admit it...

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By Kevin Bird, Massive Science | 11.29.2021

The last decade has seen genetics and evolution grapple with its history; one composed of figures who laid the foundations...

By Ben Spencer, The Times | 11.28.2021

IVF clinics selling ineffective “add-on” treatments face fines as part of the biggest shake-up of fertility laws in 30 years...

By Isabella Cueto, STAT | 11.26.2021

A common in vitro fertilization procedure offered to patients with the promise of increasing their likelihood of successful pregnancy actually does...

By Grace Browne, Wired UK | 11.25.2021

IN NOVEMBER 2019, Matt Hancock, then the United Kingdom’s health secretary, unveiled a lofty ambition: to sequence the genome of...