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Without a federal law, surrogacy in the U.S. is governed by a patchwork of state regulations/
Why it matters: Confusing...
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This report documents a deliberate assault on disabled people in...
When you submit your DNA to a personal genomics company like Ancestry or 23andme, you’re not just uncovering secrets about...
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – Despite prior court rulings that police can collect DNA samples from people arrested but not convicted...
At the turn of the 20th century, U.S. scientists proposed the control of reproduction to advance society based on the...
Mitochondria provide the power for our cells, and when they malfunction, it can be serious. So scientists have developed experimental...
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Marcy Darnovsky, Ph.D. , Katie Hasson, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Center for Genetics and Society; and Program Director on...
Scientists first developed gene therapy techniques in the 1990s, exploring ways to treat disease by modifying malfunctioning cells. In 1997...
In a letter sent to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar today, a broad collective of...
Researchers at Columbia University in New York have created embryos containing genetic material from three people and are ready to...