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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 Mara Hvistendahl, Slate | 04.27.2012
In 2003, back when such things remained unpredictable, a woman gave birth to a baby boy with Down syndrome. Her...
By Mara Hvistendahl, Slate | 04.27.2012
In 2003, back when such things remained unpredictable, a woman gave birth to a baby boy with Down syndrome. Her...
By Andrew Pollack, New York Times | 04.26.2012

The National Bioeconomy Blueprint, as the plan is called, discusses a variety of measures and strategies to spur research and...

By Herbert L. White, Charlotte Post | 04.25.2012
Perdue, a Democrat who is not seeking re-election, said the money would be used for $50,000 payments to verified victims...
By Yvonne Wenger, Baltimore Sun | 04.25.2012

Police around Maryland said Wednesday that they would continue to collect DNA samples when suspects are arrested for violent crimes...

By Yvonne Wenger, Baltimore Sun | 04.24.2012

Maryland's highest court on Tuesday blocked police in most cases from collecting DNA samples when they arrest suspects in violent...

By Mathew Perrone, San Francisco Chronicle | 04.21.2012
(04-21) 07:40 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --

Regulators are proposing that food companies that want to use tiny engineered particles in...
By Rosalio Ahumada, Bellingham Herald | 04.20.2012

MODESTO, CALIF. - Federal authorities Friday arrested a woman on suspicion of defrauding more than $2 million from prospective parents...