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A California-startup focused on genetically editing human embryos — a step toward creating so-called designer babies — is raising money as many of Silicon Valley’s ultra-rich turn their attention to one of the most controversial technologies in medicine.

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A newly available kind of genetic testing, called polygenic embryo screening, promises to screen for conditions that can include cancer, obesity, autism, bipolar disorder, even celiac disease. These conditions are informed by many genetic variants and environmental factors - so...

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a graphic showing lab grown egg and sperm
By Shelly Fan, Singularity Hub | 05.31.2024

We all know the drill for reproduction—sperm meets egg.

For the past decade, scientists have been pushing the boundaries of...

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By Liz Szabo, The New York Times | 05.29.2024

By the time Rena Barrow-Wells gave birth to her fourth baby in 2020, she was well-versed in caring for a...

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By Suraj Gogoi, News Laundry | 05.28.2024

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Despite the tremendous diversity of languages and cultures in India, we are all but...

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By Sara Luterman, The 19th News | 05.23.2024

Historically, the disability and reproductive rights movements have operated separately, “just ignoring each other,” as one advocate put it, as...

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By Kylie Robison, The Verge | 05.23.2024

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Imagine this: you’ve carved out an evening to unwind and decide to make a...

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By Ma’ayan Anafi, National Women's Law Center | 05.22.2024

Just under a century ago this May, the Supreme Court handed down an infamous ruling upholding a Virginia law that...

Image is a graphic of a vial with a red cap filled with blood, and a circle containing a zoom-in view of the blood inside the vial, which shows crescent-shaped blood cells indicative of sickle cell disease.
By Shobita Parthasarathy, Scientific American | 05.22.2024

Last fall, to great fanfare, US regulators approved two gene therapies for sickle cell disease, and the European Union...

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By Eric Boodman, STAT | 05.21.2024

BATON ROUGE, La. — The surgery was supposed to alleviate worry, but now, years later, Whitney Carter’s mind kept flicking...