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Pronatalism is an old idea with roots in eugenics and nationalism, that is now fashionable among far-right influencers and policymakers. They talk...
This is the 10th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...
By now, millions of us have taken ancestry tests. We’ve spit into tubes and allowed our genetic information to be...
An Ontario couple has filed notice of legal action against a Toronto fertility clinic after an alleged storage tank malfunction...
In our human genome, there are many elusive genetic variants related to medical conditions, but the impact of these...
Rita Adele Steyn's mother had a double mastectomy in her 40s because she had so many lumps in her breasts...
The business of personal genetic-testing kits is booming, with consumers able to learn about their ancestry and health risks at...
After six miscarriages, six fresh in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles, two frozen IVF cycles, and one healthy not yet two-year-old...
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In the name of journalism, I have spit into a lot of test tubes.
I’ve sent samples...
A suspected Indian status scam that told a man he shared genetic ancestry with a dog should serve as a reminder...