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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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By Jacob P. Koshy, Live Mint | 10.01.2012

New Delhi: A new version of a draft law that proposed to set up a national DNA fingerprint database of...

By Ruth Saunders, BioNews | 10.01.2012

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has asked the US Supreme Court to reconsider its decision to uphold the patent...

By Kerry Grens, Reuters | 09.28.2012

Though assisted-reproduction techniques (ART) are known to come with a higher risk for birth defects, a new review of defect...

By Maureen Salamon, US News | 09.28.2012

FRIDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDay News) -- A sophisticated genetic test sometimes used during pregnancy can't always predict if chromosomal abnormalities...

By Marc Lifsher, Los Angeles Times | 09.27.2012

By more than a 2-to-1 margin, California voters favor an initiative to require food manufacturers and retailers to label fresh...

By HuffPost Live, HuffPost Live [With CGS's Marcy Darnovsky] | 09.27.2012

A new IVF technique being debated in England uses three genetic parents to create an embryo. This procedure helps avoid...

By Sandra Laville, The Guardian | 09.27.2012
Thousands of ex-offenders are to be targeted in a national drive to add their profiles to the police DNA database...
By Viji Sundaram, New America Media | 09.24.2012
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