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A Chinese scientist horrified the world in 2018 when he revealed he had secretly engineered the birth of the world's first gene-edited babies.

His work was reviled as reckless and unethical because, among other reasons, gene-editing was so new...

INTRODUCTION

Baby bonuses. Motherhood medals. Fertility tracking. You may have heard of these policy proposals as solutions from the Trump administration to help encourage women to have more children.

Besides falling short of ensuring that people have what they need...

Adapted from Mitochondrial DNA at
National Human Genome Research Institute

Recently, media outlets around the world have been reporting on...

A newly available kind of genetic testing, called polygenic embryo screening, promises to screen for conditions that can include cancer...

Two 23andMe at-home DNA testing kits
By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 02.11.2019

As many people purchased consumer DNA tests in 2018 as in all previous years combined, MIT Technology Review has found...

Three test tubes nect to gloved hand
By Allison Lewis, Daily News | 02.08.2019

If you think clandestine DNA dragnets and secret databases are things of science fiction, I have some upsetting news.

From...

DNA inside a syringe on a blue background.
By Michael J. Joyner and Nigel Paneth, Stat | 02.07.2019

Twenty years ago, Dr. Francis Collins, who was then director of the National Center for Human Genome Research, made rosy...

Cotton swab in mouth
By David King, The Guardian | 02.07.2019

Genomics England’s plans to move into paid-for genome sequencing of healthy people has done more than raise eyebrows in the...

Stanford University campus, and edifice with three archways
By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 02.07.2019

Officials at Stanford University have opened an investigation into what several high-profile faculty members knew about a Chinese effort to...

Forensic materials on a red background--gloves, crime scene tape, and evidence bags
By Megan Molteni, Wired | 02.06.2019

Police departments around the country are getting increasingly comfortable using DNA from non-criminal databases in the pursuit of criminal cases. On Tuesday...

He Jiankui speaks at the podium at the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing
By Rob Schmitz, NPR | 02.05.2019

In the fall of 2017, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV aired a series promoting China's achievements in science and technology. One...

Human embryo at four-cell stage on an aqua-colored background
By Sheryl Ubelacker, The National Post | 02.04.2019

TORONTO — Women who become pregnant using fertility treatments — particularly in-vitro fertilization — have a slightly higher risk of...