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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...

A partially completed jigsaw puzzle of light blue dna strands on a dark blue background
By Rick Mullin, Chemical and Engineering News | 08.27.2018

In 2015, Jennifer Doudna, codeveloper of the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology, convened a meeting in Napa, Calif., aimed at setting the...

A row of tall cactuses behind a sign reading "University of Arizona"
By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press | 08.24.2018

The University of Arizona has accepted years of funding from a foundation infamous for promoting research linking race and intelligence...

Representation of sperm surrounding an egg on a pink background
By Vardit Ravitsky and Sarah Kimmins, The Globe and Mail | 08.24.2018

Vardit Ravitsky is an associate professor of bioethics at the University of Montreal.

Sarah Kimmins is an associate professor at...

By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report [cites CGS' Pete Shanks] | 08.23.2018

California's $3 billion stem cell experiment received a host of accolades last week at a state legislative hearing, but one...

The letters A C T G repeat in primary colors descend down a screen
By John Edward Terrell, Sapiens | 08.23.2018

I have never understood why anybody would think humans are by nature violent, warlike creatures. True, we have all surely...

Blue double helix
By Megan Molteni, Wired | 08.21.2018

Scientists in the US may be out in front developing the next generation of Crispr-based genetic tools, but it’s China...

A bronze plaque describes the history of Shockley semiconductor lab
By Sam Harnett, The California Report | 08.21.2018

Last week, nearly 400 people crowded in front of 391 San Antonio Road in Mountain View to commemorate what was...

Illustration of a DNA strand inside a syringe
By Marilynn Marchione, Associated Press [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 08.15.2018

U.S. health officials are eliminating special regulations for gene therapy experiments, saying that what was once exotic science is quickly...

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