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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...
It’s a nightmare scenario straight out of a primetime drama: a child-seeking couple visits a fertility clinic to try...
A San Diego federal judge on Tuesday cleared a lawsuit against a La Jolla clinic purporting to offer stem cell...
Attempts to distill the essence of “selfhood” have occupied philosophers for centuries. Consensus has been fleeting at best, but is...
A new high-tech, controversial law enforcement procedure has some people worried it threatens the privacy of our DNA
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Trying to have a baby with the aid of modern reproductive technology can feel like visiting a gambling parlor with...
The University of California has filed an appeal to overturn a February decision by a US patent tribunal that dealt UC...
Rebecca Skloot’s “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” was a publishing and scientific sensation earlier this decade that spent 75...
The other day, while scrolling through Instagram, an advertisement caught my eye. This happens often enough. Instagram’s ads, uniformly square...