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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...

egg and sperm in beaker
By Rob Stein, NPR | 09.28.2023

Katsuhiko Hayashi pulls a clear plastic dish from an incubator and slides it under a microscope.

"You really want to...

four small tomatoes growing on the vine with green leaves in background
By Claire Robinson, GMWatch | 09.26.2023

Photo by Shuken Nakamura on Unsplash

A young researcher studying plant breeding for her PhD at Cornell University has just...

image of two gloved hands passing a surgical instrument under bright lights
By Franklin G. Miller, Hastings Bioethics Forum | 09.25.2023

The news media significantly influence public perceptions of medical innovation. How cutting- edge medical innovation is presented—what receives attention and...

graphic of Petri dish, hospital bed, stethoscope, uterus
By Elayne Clift, Rutland Herald | 09.23.2023

A recent press release I received got me thinking about how much we really care about kids. The press alert...

a photo of the prime minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni
By Sofia Bettiza, BBC News | 09.23.2023

Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy

Italian authorities are bringing in new measures targeting LGBT families and making it harder...

flag of China
By Joby Warrick and Cate Brown, The Washington Post | 09.22.2023

Most of Europe was in lockdown in April 2020 when a plane arrived in the Serbian capital bearing a well-timed...

holocaust memorial
By Meghan Garrity and Melissa J. Wilde, The Conversation | 09.22.2023

Memorial at Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, Israel
Photo by Eelco Böhtlingk on Unsplash

Each September marks the anniversary of Nazi...

photograph of surgical procedure
By Roni Cayrn Rabin, The New York Times | 09.22.2023

Photo by Piron Guillaume on Unsplash

Surgeons in Baltimore have transplanted the heart of a genetically altered pig into a...