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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...

Red blood cells
By Rob Stein, NPR | 04.18.2018

Gene therapy is showing promise for treating one of the most common genetic disorders.

Results of a study published Wednesday...

Three African scientists working in a lab
By Linda Nordling, Science | 04.18.2018

As the genomics revolution finally turns its attention to Africa and northern researchers flock there to collect data, scientists from...

Sign saying, "Arizona: The Grand Canyon Stat Welcomes You"
By Nita Farahany, wbur | 04.17.2018

Arizona has become the first state in the country to pass a law that would allow frozen embryos to be...

An old type writer with the word "Legislatio" typed out on the first line.
By Samantha Young, The Mercury News | 04.17.2018

Rosie Zaballos liked to host playtime tea parties and was sweet to everyone she met. But her older brother worried...

Black, purple, and blue galaxy in the back with a mirrored image of a young girl looking at each other.
By Claudia Geib, Futurism [cites CGS] | 04.16.2018

If sci-fi writers of the past somehow visited us today, they might wonder: where are all the clones?

As recently...

Brown mouse
By Ashley Yeager, The Scientist | 04.16.2018

Mouse brains make nice homes for human brain organoids, researchers report today (April 16) in Nature Biotechnology.

Brain organoids...

Black and white ultrasound image with a small fetus in the middle
By Chris Kaposy, New York Times | 04.16.2018

My wife’s ultrasound turned up something abnormal in the baby’s heart — an otherwise innocuous feature that correlates with genetic...

5 Individuals are sitting around a white coach work space all engaging in conversation.
By Natasha Singer, New York Times | 04.15.2018

Levi Strauss & Company introduced a novel benefit for employees at its San Francisco headquarters last fall: free genetic screening...