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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...

Pipetting fluid into clear test tubes held in a blue container.
By Ian Sample, The Guardian [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 07.17.2018

The creation of babies whose DNA has been altered to give them what parents perceive to be the best chances...

3 different color cartoon drawing of DNA--blue, green, and orange--on a yellow background.
By Marcy Darnovsky, The Guardian | 07.17.2018

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has taken what it clearly regards as a brave new step: it has openly...

Stained pink/purple tumor cells under a microscope.
By Sharon Begley, Stat | 07.16.2018

From the earliest days of the CRISPR-Cas9 era, scientists have known that the first step in how it edits...

DIgital illustration of dna in vials of different colors.
By Amy Dockser Marcus, The Wall Street Journal | 07.14.2018

Late last year, Justina Crawford decided to swab the inside of her mouth for a saliva sample to do a...

Researcher extracts DNA from a test tube using a micropipette.
By Sarah Russo, The Technoskeptic [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 07.11.2018

Genetic Testing Kits: Fueling a Historical Discrimination Bias?
The diversity of snowflakes is a great analogy to that of the...

Tray of test tubes with purple caps.
By Liz Connor, Irish News | 07.11.2018

It's been four decades since Louise Brown became the first human to be been born after conception by IVF, and...

Newborn baby lies on hospital bed and stretches arms upwards.
By Ashley Fetters, The Atlantic | 07.09.2018

Sperm donation offers a tidy solution to an aggravating problem: When a person or a couple wants a baby and...

Beige conference room surrounded by glass windows.
By Douglas Rushkoff, Medium | 07.05.2018

Last year, I got invited to a super-deluxe private resort to deliver a keynote speech to what I assumed...