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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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Voting ballot by mail
By Jeff Sheehy, San Diego Union-Tribune | 09.15.2020

It must seem odd that someone who has spent countless hours over the last 15 years as a member of...

CRISPR
By Katie Hasson and Marcy Darnovsky, The Hill | 09.13.2020

In November 2018, at a gene-editing “summit” hosted by scientific societies from the U.S., the U.K., and Hong...

Sperm swimming
By Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic | 09.11.2020

To the mothers, he was just Donor 9623. They did not know his name, but from his glowing sperm-donor profile...

Genome
By Alissa Greenberg, NOVA | 09.11.2020

When scientists set out to sequence the entire human genome in 1990, it was considered an undertaking on par with...

Stem cell division
By The Editorial Board, The Press Democrat | 09.09.2020

In 2004, California voters agreed to borrow $3 billion to bankroll a stem-cell research program dedicated to seeking cures for...

Nuffeild council on bioethics
By Peter Mills, Nuffield Council on Bioethics | 09.08.2020

The Consensus Study Report of the International Commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Editing convened by the...

By Kristen V Brown, Bloomberg | 09.08.2020

Poor laboratory practices at a Boston company that performed Covid-19 tests for dozens of nursing homes in Massachusetts put patients...

Hand dropping ballot
By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Project | 09.08.2020

California's 21 million voters soon will be receiving mail that tells them a $5.5 billion stem cell ballot measure is...