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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...

Microsopic image of fertilized egg.
By Karla Lant, Futurism [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 08.21.2017

As the scientific community takes in the work of the team who edited the DNA of the human embryos this

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Against a black background, golden numbers and tick marks suggesting a clock, spiral into the center.
By Patricia Stapleton, The Conversation | 08.21.2017

The first “test-tube baby” made headlines around the world in 1978, setting off intense debate on the ethics of researching...

Microscopic image of sperm is injected directly into an egg
By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 08.18.2017

From the thirteenth floor of a glass tower at the Oregon Health & Science University, you get a panoramic view...

A cotton swab rests on a container.
By Eric Boodman, STAT | 08.16.2017

It was a strange moment of triumph against racism: The gun-slinging white supremacist Craig Cobb, dressed up for daytime TV...

Bird's eye view of an adult with slender features working, using a laptop, and notebook and surrounded by coffee, plant and candle on a wooden desk.
By Alison DeNisco, Tech Republic [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 08.15.2017

Women leave jobs at mid-career in tech at higher rates than those in other fields. It's possible that benefits like

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Spotlighted against a black shadowy background is a blue DNA model projected by an upside down shaped pyramid hologram
By Brendan P. Foht, Foreign Affairs [cites CGS] | 08.14.2017

What U.S. Government Policy Should Be

News that U.S. scientists led by Oregon Health and Sciences University biologist Shoukrat Mitalipov...

two people in lab coats edit a strand of DNA
By Rebecca Cokley, The Washington Post | 08.10.2017

It’s ironic that news of a breakthrough in human gene editing was released on July 26. That was the...

DNA gel being held on a clear glass tray by a gloved technician.
By Pema Levy, Mother Jones | 08.10.2017

Forensic science is an embattled field. As DNA testing has overturned hundreds of convictions based on flawed forensic evidence, scientists and...