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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...

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By Natasha May, The Guardian | 09.22.2023

One in every 18 babies in Australia are now born through IVF, with a record high number of births...

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By Natalie Alcoba, Al Jazeera | 09.22.2023

Photo by Wouter Supardi Salari on Unsplash

Corn is sacred in Mexico. Its roots can be traced to Aztec and...

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By Biolab Watch, Patch | 09.19.2023

Press Release: September 19, 2023

Contact: Jeremy Gruber, JD., jgruber@humanebiotech.org; (415) 483-9410

MASSIVE BIOLAB BOOM IN BERKELEY SPURS RESIDENTS...

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By Leigha McReynolds, Tor | 09.19.2023

The 2011 X-Men franchise prequel, X-Men: First Class, briefly featured a mutant named Darwin who could adapt to any...

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By Heidi Ledford, Nature | 09.18.2023

A high-precision successor to CRISPR genome editing has reached a milestone: the technique, called base editing, has made its...

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By Aki Ito, Insider | 09.18.2023

Sure, there have been a few nutjobs out there who think AI will wipe out the human race. But ever...

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By PA Media, The Guardian | 09.18.2023

Dozens of young adults born via sperm or egg donation will be able to find out their biological origins in...

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By Adam Serwer, The Atlantic | 09.15.2023

The pseudoscience of eugenics is making a comeback on the American right. In August, the HuffPost reporter Christopher Mathias unmasked...