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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...

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By Sian Ferguson, Rewire.News | 06.04.2018

In March, Canadian Member of Parliament Anthony Housefather said he’ll put forward a new bill that would allow sperm donors...

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By Stuart Leavenworth, McClatchy DC Bureau [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 06.01.2018

For DNA testing companies, the genetic code that customers pay to have analyzed is a gift that keeps on giving...

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By Susan K. Livio, NJ.com | 05.31.2018

New Jersey state law caught up to medical science Wednesday, when Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill that provides legal...

Ultrasound image of a baby's head in black and white showing absent nasal bone indicating Down Syndrome.
By Ruth Graham, Slate | 05.31.2018

Celeste Blau’s first pregnancy was smooth from the beginning. She stayed active and kept working at the gelato shop she...

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By Stuart Leavenworth, McClatchy DC Bureau [Cites CGS' Leah Lowthorp] | 05.31.2018

Curious about their roots, consumers are spending tens of millions of dollars each year getting their DNA tested and then...

A purple-gloved hand inserts a piece of paper into a machine to extract DNA from the swab.
By Mason Marks and Tiffany Li, Stat News | 05.30.2018

The National Institutes of Health wants your DNA, and the DNA of 1 million other Americans, for an ambitious...

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By Erica Evans, Deseret News [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 05.30.2018

Lynn Schwiebert was 67-years-old when she decided to figure out who she really was.

She had spent years tracing her...

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By Carl Zimmer, The Atlantic | 05.29.2018

In 2016, I got my genome sequenced while I was working on a book about heredity. Some scientists kindly pointed...