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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...

Illustration of an 8-cell stage embryo
By Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian.com [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 09.21.2017

A genetic tool allows researchers to disable a gene key to human development in a closely regulated experiment

For the...

An empty laboratory with tools such as microscopes
By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 09.20.2017

For the first time, scientists have edited the DNA in human embryos to make a fundamental discovery about the earliest...

Close-up of a human stem cell surrounded by chemicals
By Antonio Regalado, MIT Tech Review | 09.19.2017

Stem cells can be coaxed to self-assemble into structures resembling human embryos.

Yue Shao had never seen anything quite like...

Excited Baltimore Ravens fans are standing behind a fence hoping to get their gear signed.
By Stephanie M. Lee, BuzzFeed | 09.18.2017

At the Ravens vs. Browns game on Sunday, a biotech startup had planned to hand out tens of thousands of

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A multicolored representation of DNA profile.
By Michael White, Pacific Standard Magazine | 09.13.2017

Four crucial facts about race, sex, and biology that contradict this messy argument.

In America, we've had a long history...

In the palm of a hand,  someone holds out a crumpled hundred dollar bill.
By Paul Bentley, Sara Smyth, Katherine Faulkner , Daily Mail Investigations Unit | 09.12.2017

The fertility watchdog last night launched a major crackdown on clinics exposed by the Daily Mail for exploiting desperate women...

The French flag blows in the wind, against a blue sky with clouds.
By Brian Love, Reuters | 09.12.2017

The right of lesbian couples and single women to have access to assisted reproduction was “a matter of social justice”...

The Legal Aid Society's logo. Several shapes, such as triangles, circles, squares, and rectangles, in various colors form a mosaic.
By Graham Rayman, New York Daily News | 09.12.2017

The Legal Aid Society launched a broadside Monday at the state’s familial DNA testing proposal, saying the move is an...