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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 Will Douglas Heaven, MIT Technology Review | 01.12.2021

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By Alice Clarke, The Sydney Morning Herald | 01.11.2021

A little under five years ago, my wife and I started going through the IVF process to have a child...

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By DW Staff, DW | 01.09.2021

Josef Kaiser was 16 years old in 1937 when two Gestapo secret police picked him up and took him to the...

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By Christina Larson, AP | 01.07.2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — If you’re an identical twin who’s always resisted being called a clone of your sibling, scientists say...

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By Janelli Vallin, Cal Matters | 01.07.2021

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By Richard Adams, The Guardian | 01.07.2021

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University College London has expressed “deep regret” for its role...

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By Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Jennifer A. Doudna, Ph.D., Eric S. Lander, Ph.D., and Charles N. Rotimi, Ph.D., The New England Journal of Medicine | 01.07.2021

The breathtaking progress in molecular genetics that has occurred over the past five decades and the transition to genomic medicine...

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By Fiona Harvey, The Guardian | 01.06.2021

Gene editing of crops and livestock may soon be permitted in England for the first time under a consultation launched...