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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 David Cyranoski, Nature | 07.07.2020

A report revealing China’s effort to collect DNA from millions of men to help solve crimes is raising concerns among...

By Bethany Brookshire, ScienceNews | 07.07.2020

Henrietta Lacks, from whom the “immortal” HeLa cell line was derived in 1951, without permission or compensation

Ethical concerns abound...

By Jonathan Matthews, GMWatch | 07.06.2020

Transhumanists are no strangers to controversy. How could they be when Jeffrey Epstein numbered himself among their longstanding adherents and...

Police in China
By Editorial Board, Washington Post | 07.06.2020

WHAT HAS been known until now about China’s persecution of the Uighurs and other Muslims in Xinjiang province has focused...

DNA testing
By Peter Aldhous, Buzzfeed News | 07.05.2020

Yuliana Ramírez learned she was pregnant in December 2016, about a month after splitting up from her boyfriend, Luis Diego...

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By Natasha Foote, EURACTIV.com | 07.03.2020

After over 78 environmental and agricultural organisations signed a letter this week calling for a moratorium on gene drive technology...

By Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra, The BMJ Opinion Blog | 07.03.2020

As the covid-19 pandemic continues to progress across the world, the concept of vulnerability echoes throughout various social and political...

By Eli Cahan, Science | 07.02.2020

The former Watson School of Biological Sciences has changed its name.

For Earyn McGee, terminology matters.

McGee, a herpetologist, studies...