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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...

Hand holding a strand of DNA
By Martin Enserink, Science | 03.27.2018

A group of European scientists has founded an international association to discuss and provide guidance on the ethical use of...

FDA building in Silver Spring, Maryland
By Paige Winfield Cunningham , Washington Post | 03.27.2018

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

The letters D-N-A spelled out in red and blue double helices.
By Timothy Caulfield, Policy Options | 03.23.2018

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

A small, pink ceramic piggy bank is nestled in the middle of a woven basket full of golden eggs.
By Lindsey J. Smith, San Francisco Magazine [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 03.23.2018

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

Black and white postcard ca. 1910 showing the Sonoma State Home (Hospital).
By Nicole L. Novak and Natalie Lira, The Conversation | 03.22.2018

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

Picture of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
By Samantha Pearson, The Wall Street Journal | 03.22.2018

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

Two babies wearing hats
By Sumathi Reddy, The Wall Street Jounral | 03.21.2018

It was her last chance.

MaryJo Dunn had been trying to get pregnant through in-vitro fertilization for 20 months.

At...

Silhouettes of 4 people sitting in chairs. Word bubbles suggest that they are exchanging ideas.
By Simon Burall, Nature | 03.21.2018

Over the past three years, thousands of articles have been published about editing genes and genomes. Apart from a public...