Over the past three years, thousands of articles have been published about editing genes and genomes. Apart from a public...
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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 group of European scientists has founded an international association to discuss and provide guidance on the ethical use of...

The Food and Drug Administration’s move to allow 23andMe to screen people for breast cancer risks may unleash a flood...

After what feels like a decade of hype and underwhelming sales, direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing seems to be taking off...

After spending her 20s as an aid worker in Africa and India, Helena moved to the Bay Area in 2012...

In 1942, 18-year-old Iris Lopez, a Mexican-American woman, started working at the Calship Yards in Los Angeles. Working on the...

SÃO PAULO—With “jewel-tone eyes,” blond hair and a “smattering of light freckles,” Othello looks nothing like most Brazilians, the majority...

It was her last chance.
MaryJo Dunn had been trying to get pregnant through in-vitro fertilization for 20 months.
At...
