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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...

Wall display featuring large letters of ATCG in various colors. Behind, they are illuminated by a light.
By Nikhil Reddy, Huffington Post | 12.18.2017

Imagine you’re having a child in the near future, and with the vast trove of gene-editing technologies that have surfaced...

Two women are pictured holding a protest sign stating, "The future is feminist"
By Francine Coeytaux, Marcy Darnovsky, Susan Berke Fogel, and Emily Galpern, International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Blog | 12.18.2017

This commentary was originally published on the IJFAB Blog.

For more than a decade, Canadian regulation has explicitly countered...

A bent golden pocket watch rests on a stack of US dollar bills.
By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 12.14.2017

Directors of the California stem cell agency today virtually endorsed a plan to stave off its financial death, pinning their...

Gray scale photo of a pregnant stomach. Two hands hold the belly along the top and bottom. The belly appears cracked.
By Clare Goldwin, Daily Mail | 12.13.2017

It can give couples babies they so longed for but, as Justine and many others have found, the strain of...

Microscopic close-up of an eight-cell embryo.
By Tina Hesman Saey, ScienceNews | 12.13.2017

Debates about when and how to use the tool in humans take on new urgency

Scientists reported selectively altering genes...

Colorful chart showing ATCG
By Olivia Nash, Brown Political Review Magazine | 12.13.2017

Genetic testing is one of the most groundbreaking technologies of the modern age. The advent of human genome sequencing has...

Several labeled test tubes are positioned on a rack, with a person's hand reading for one.
By Craig Venter, Washington Post | 12.13.2017

Recent leaps in the biosciences, combined with big data analysis, have led us to the cusp of a revolution in...

Gray scale photo of an adult hand holding baby's foot.
By Rosemary Bolger, SBS News | 12.12.2017

EXCLUSIVE: Demand for IVF in China has surged since the one-child policy was scrapped, but unmarried women are denied access...