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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 The Associated Press, Great Falls Tribune | 06.21.2012
A Montana couple who say they would have terminated a pregnancy if they had known their daughter would be born...
By Peter Korn, Portland Tribune | 06.21.2012

Jeri Chambers is in the middle of her seventh pregnancy and still enjoying the process.

That's a good thing, since...

By The Associated Press, Great Falls Tribune | 06.21.2012
A Montana couple who say they would have terminated a pregnancy if they had known their daughter would be born...
By Peter Korn, Portland Tribune | 06.21.2012

Jeri Chambers is in the middle of her seventh pregnancy and still enjoying the process.

That's a good thing, since...

By Kim Severson, The New York Times | 06.20.2012
North Carolina’s novel effort to compensate people who were sterilized under a widespread and decades-long eugenics program that stretched into...
By Erika Check Hayden, Nature News | 06.20.2012

Late in May, the direct-to-consumer gene-testing company 23andMe proudly announced the impending award of its first patent. The firm's research...

By Jennifer K. Wagner and Dan Vorhaus, Genomics Law Report | 06.20.2012
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) is a federal law making it illegal for insurers and employers to...
By Kim Severson, The New York Times | 06.20.2012
North Carolina’s novel effort to compensate people who were sterilized under a widespread and decades-long eugenics program that stretched into...