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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...

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press / The Washington Post | 01.04.2012

ATLANTA — The number of twins born in the U.S. soared over the last three decades, mostly the result of...

By Rachel Folz, 14 News | 01.04.2012
PHILIDELPHIA (NBC) - A Philadelphia company's appeal for egg donors and surrogate mothers is raising eyebrows.

An e-mail from Surrogate...
By Rachel Folz, 14 News | 01.04.2012
PHILIDELPHIA (NBC) - A Philadelphia company's appeal for egg donors and surrogate mothers is raising eyebrows.

An e-mail from Surrogate...
By Frederik Joelving, Reuters Health | 01.03.2012

(Reuters Health) - Many U.S. fertility clinics don't tell egg donors that embryos made from their eggs may end up...

By Frederik Joelving, Reuters Health | 01.03.2012

(Reuters Health) - Many U.S. fertility clinics don't tell egg donors that embryos made from their eggs may end up...

By The Telegraph, The Telegraph | 01.02.2012

The development opens up the possibility of infertile men being able to father their own children rather than using donor...

By Anup Dutta, India Today | 01.02.2012
As penalties for subjecting patients to guinea pig treatment go, this one would not even register on the blip screen...
By Anup Dutta, India Today | 01.02.2012
As penalties for subjecting patients to guinea pig treatment go, this one would not even register on the blip screen...