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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...

Large, grand red curtain theater
By Mark Brown, The Guardian | 02.21.2018

IVF treatment in the UK has become a money-making racket, according to a writer who found her own personal experience...

Baby
By Sarah Kowalski , Harper's Bazaar | 02.21.2018

"Where did your son get those beautiful, inky-black eyes?" asked my new friend Janet, a mom from my son's preschool...

Two hands holding out a large plate of salad.
By Sharon Begley, STAT | 02.20.2018

DNA testing won’t guide dieters to the weight-loss regimen most likely to work for them, scientists reported on Tuesday. Despite...

Three small babies in their hospital beds with a nurse taking care of one of them.
By Daniel Hurst , The Guardian | 02.20.2018

A wealthy Japanese man at the centre of a “baby factory” scandal in Thailand has won sole parental rights to...

Wooden gavel
By Associated Press, Omaha World-Herald | 02.18.2018

DES MOINES (AP) — The birth mother of an 18-month-old girl who agreed to be paid as a surrogate to...

Basketball player, Stephen Curry, shooting
By Thomas H. Murray, The Daily Beast | 02.18.2018

The World Anti-Doping Agency’s fundamental purpose is preserving “the spirit of sport.” In its official Code, WADA describes that spirit...

Male and Female symbol
By Rebecca Gale, Refinery29 [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 02.16.2018
It was 2011 and Kathryn Taylor was ready to get pregnant — with a boy. “I wanted a boy first...
Three x-ray brain scans.
By Emily Mullin, MIT Technology Review | 02.15.2018

After 25 years, scientists are starting to make progress against the devastating illness.

For 15 years, Michelle Dardengo watched helplessly...