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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...

A calculator rests on top of an  sheet of paper with numbers that signify expenses. A pen rests nearby.
By Doree Shafrir, Buzzfeed | 01.23.2018

When my husband and I started trying to have a baby, part of us thought even if it took a...

A scientist in a lab coat concentrates on writing on a test tube sample. He is surrounded by lab equipment, including pipettes, liquid solutions, and test tube racks.
By Faye Flam, Bloomberg | 01.23.2018

It can feel shocking when someone disparages a golden person, thing or technology -- and in recent years, no emerging...

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By Hu Yuwei, Global Times | 01.22.2018

A Chinese woman surnamed Lin who paid 450,000 yuan ($69,200) for a baby delivered by a surrogate Cambodian mother now...

An infusion pump and bag filled with liquid is placed on a stand in a hospital room.
By Kristen V. Brown, Gizmodo | 01.22.2018

In the U.S., the first planned clinical trials of CRISPR gene editing in people are about to kick off...

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By Bai Tiantian, Global Times | 01.22.2018

A genetically modified (GM) rice product developed by a group of Chinese scientists has acquired the US Food and Drug...

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By Zoë Corbyn, The Guardian | 01.21.2018

My sisters, aged 27 and 30, are seated at their computers poring over the slick websites of companies promising to...

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By Andria Borba and Molly McCrea, CBS SF Bay Area | 01.21.2018

Young women see the ads on their Facebook feeds, in a college newspaper, even posted on Craig’s List.

They read...

Close up of a pregnant belly covered by a t-shirt. A hand gently rests caressing its side. The picture is filtered with gray scale.
By Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian | 01.19.2018

A new advanced test for Down’s syndrome to be offered to pregnant women this year raises the prospect of people...