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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...

Light blue sterile operating room
By The Japan Times, The Japan Times Editorial | 02.03.2018

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

Indian woman sitting on bed holding a baby surrounded by two other Indian women
By Olinda Timms, The Wire | 02.03.2018

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

Three diploid chromosomes
By Carolyn Abraham, The Globe and Mail | 02.03.2018

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

Wooden gravel with faded grey background
By Japan Times, Japan Times | 02.02.2018

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

Illustration of cells
By Pete Shanks, Medium | 02.02.2018

Let’s Not Distort Debates about Human Cloning and Heritable Gene Editing

Cloning is back in the headlines. Researchers managed to...

Pregnant woman holding her stomach
By Ian Sample, The Guardian | 02.01.2018

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

Scientist using pipette in a green solution.
By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 01.31.2018

Toxic effects seen in animals raise questions about new gene therapies for children.

An influential scientist involved in gene therapy’s...

Sad woman resting her head on her arm
By Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post | 01.27.2018

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