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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 Meghana Keshavan, STAT | 09.11.2019

For generations, it was a basic tenet of donating sperm: Clinics could forever protect their clients’ identities.

But, increasingly, donor...

embryos on a monitor next to a large microscope
By Rob Stein, NPR | 09.11.2019

Scientists have invented a device that can quickly produce large numbers of living entities that resemble very primitive human embryos...

By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 09.10.2019

Backers of a California ballot initiative to provide $5.5 billion more for the state's cash-strapped stem cell agency say they...

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By Ankita Rao, VICE | 09.09.2019

Content Warning: This story contains sensitive details about reproductive violence.

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By William Wan and Laurie McGinley, The Washington Post | 09.06.2019

Responding to ubiquitous online marketing by stem cell clinics selling unapproved treatments for everything from achy joints to Alzheimer’s, Google...

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By Belinda Martineau, Biotech Salon | 09.06.2019

UC Davis researcher Alison Van Eenennaam described the experience of learning that the “poster animals for the gene-editing revolution” do...

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By Mohsen Abdelmoumen, American Herald Tribune | 09.05.2019

In your book Biotech Juggernaut, Hope, Hype, and Hidden Agendas of Entrepreneurial BioScience co-authored with Tina Stevens, you draw attention...

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By Philip Ball, Prospect | 09.04.2019

Some people once felt that the reason to look for a “gay gene” was so that it could be eliminated...