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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 damages lawsuit filed by a woman forcibly sterilized under the now-defunct Eugenic Protection Law should prompt the government to...

As one country responds with a ban on commercial surrogacy, the market just shifts to the next unregulated destination. An...

Ever since DNA was first used in 1986 to catch a killer, it's swashbuckled its way through society as an almost infallible...

Lawyers in five cities set up telephone counseling hotlines Friday for individuals who were forced into sterilization or affected by...

Let’s Not Distort Debates about Human Cloning and Heritable Gene Editing
Cloning is back in the headlines. Researchers managed to...

Doctors in Newcastle have been granted permission to create Britain’s first “three-person babies” for two women who are at risk...

Toxic effects seen in animals raise questions about new gene therapies for children.
An influential scientist involved in gene therapy’s...

Brigitte Adams caused a sensation four years ago when she appeared on the cover of Bloomberg Businessweek under the headline...