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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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DNA sequencing lab
By Ian Sample, The Guardian [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 09.03.2020

Powerful genome editing procedures that could prevent parents from passing on heritable diseases to their children are far from ready...

Salmon filet
By GM Watch Staff, GM Watch | 09.02.2020

"People across the country have made it clear that they don’t want to eat genetically engineered salmon, and food retailers...

Coronavirus
By Shibani Mahtani and Ryan Ho Kilpatrick, Washington Post | 09.01.2020

HONG KONG — Borrowing from mainland China's pandemic playbook, Hong Kong officials began a drive Tuesday to mass-test residents...

Covid testing swabs
By Shobita Parthasarathy, Nature | 09.01.2020

In the past few weeks, public-health experts were rightfully outraged at moves by the US Centers for Disease Control and...

Man signing documents
By George Thomas, The Government Center Gazette [cites CGS] | 09.01.2020

SACRAMENTO, CA — Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D-Santa Ana) announced today that his measure, Senate Bill 980 (SB 980)  passed the California...

Person on scale
By Carey Goldberg, WBUR | 08.27.2020

Here's a sci-fi fantasy spurred by some very real — but early — new research published this week:

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By Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times | 08.25.2020

President Trump’s approach to the coronavirus pandemic has been rooted from the start in grand goals and grander ambitions, all...

By Alison Motluk, HeyReprotech Newsletter | 08.25.2020

It's possible that you've never been sent one of these ads. I haven't. But if you're a young woman, aged...