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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 laboratory technician handles capped test tubes while wearing safety gear and gloves.
By Gina Kolata, The New York Times | 07.02.2018

Dr. Joshua Clayton, a 29-year-old radiology resident at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, wanted to learn about his ancestry...

Up close shot of an officer handcuffing a person under arrest..
By Heather Murphy, The New York Times | 06.27.2018

When the Golden State Killer case was cracked in April with the help of a genealogist and an open-source ancestry...

Image is of a well-lit, sterile medical operating room.
By Katherine Drabiak, Washington Post | 06.25.2018

The Food and Drug Administration not long ago announced its authorization that permits genetics testing company 23andMe to market a...

Illustration of a map of U.S.-Mexico border along the states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
By Megan Molteni, Wired | 06.22.2018

In the unfolding family separation crisis at the US-Mexico border, one thing has become increasingly clear; the federal government lacks...

An image of an ICE officer facing away from the camera. The uniform okn the officer's back reads "POLICE / ICE."
By Tonya Riley, Mother Jones [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 06.22.2018

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced an end to administration’s policy of separating families at the border. But the...

Photograph of the Mexican-U.S. border at Nopales showing fence and cities on either side.
By Russell Brandom and Rachel Becker, The Verge | 06.22.2018

More than 2,000 children have been separated from their parents at the US border as a result of the White...

Close up of a baby's eyes staring into the distance.
By Kurt Pitzer, People [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 06.21.2018

A Ukrainian doctor is creating genetically modified “three-parent” babies in an effort to give infertile women a chance to bear...

West front of the United States Capitol, with the Senate chamber on the left, and the House on the right.
By Megan Thielking, Stat News | 06.21.2018

Pressure is growing on direct-to-consumer genealogy and genetic testing companies to be more transparent about their privacy policies, after the...