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The conservative group behind the Project 2025 governing playbook for President Donald Trump’s second term is set to propose sweeping revisions to U.S. economic policy meant to encourage married heterosexual couples to have more children.

The Heritage Foundation, a right-wing...

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On Monday, President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a press conference on their attempts to divine the causes of autism—much...

A Chinese scientist horrified the world in 2018 when he revealed he had secretly engineered the birth of the world's...

Imagine this: a future where parents could choose their baby’s eye colour, height or even intelligence.

Sounds like science fiction...

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By Liyan Qi and Jonathan Cheng, The Wall Street Journal | 03.26.2025

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Chinese scientist He Jiankui set off global outrage and landed in prison after...

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By Anumita Kaur [cites CGS’ Katie Hasson], The Washington Post | 03.25.2025

Genetic information company 23andMe has said that it is headed to bankruptcy court, raising questions for what happens to the DNA...

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By Carsten T. Charlesworth, Henry T. Greely, and Hiromitsu Nakauchi, MIT Technology Review | 03.25.2025

Why do we hear about medical breakthroughs in mice, but rarely see them translate into cures for human disease? Why...

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By Anna Louie Sussman, The New York Times | 03.25.2025

On June 24, 2022, the same day the Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization...

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By Jason Green, The Mercury News | 03.24.2025

With genetic testing company 23andMe facing an increasingly uncertain future, California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Friday reminded customers...

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By Natalie Richardson, PET | 03.24.2025

The Fertility Treatment and Contraceptive Protection Act passed unanimously in the Tennessee Senate and aims to protect access to IVF...

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By Staff, The Medicine Maker | 03.21.2025

"The Promise and Peril of CRISPR" cover by Johns Hopkins University Press

As a paediatrician taking care of children with...

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By ACLU Northern California | 03.21.2025

In a long-standing lawsuit, the ACLU, on behalf of partner organizations and an individual taxpayer, is challenging the state of...