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Pronatalism is an old idea with roots in eugenics and nationalism, that is now fashionable among far-right influencers and policymakers. They talk...
This is the 10th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...
Modern medicine depends on products that must pass rigorous tests for safety and efficacy before being marketed to...
Scientists get the most satisfaction from working long hours at the bench with like-minded colleagues, but sometimes their...
Fertility treatment in the UK is an unregulated "jungle" where anxious couples are routinely offered IVF and other...
Elective or ‘social’ egg freezing is a relatively new option available to younger women who are not yet...
An infant delivered last week in California appears to be the first healthy person ever born in the...
In response to the recent announcement of the new Google-Autism Speaks collaboration to produce, expand and analyze the world’s largest...
Should research subjects be given their genetic test results? A paper recently published in The American Journal of...
As we move closer to an era when a sequence of every human genome is the norm, an...