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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 Marcy Darnovsky, Susan Berke Fogel, Judy Norsigian, Nature | 12.01.2011

The demand for women’s eggs for research could soar alarmingly following news of a cloning technique that uses human oocytes...

By Andrew Pollack, New York Times | 11.30.2011
BGI, based in China, is the world’s largest genomics research institute, with 167 DNA sequencers producing the equivalent of 2,000...
By Lauren Gravitz, Nature News | 11.30.2011

Gene therapy, an approach most commonly explored for curing chronic genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis, may also prove practical...

By Andrew Pollack, New York Times | 11.30.2011
BGI, based in China, is the world’s largest genomics research institute, with 167 DNA sequencers producing the equivalent of 2,000...
By Lauren Gravitz, Nature News | 11.30.2011

Gene therapy, an approach most commonly explored for curing chronic genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis, may also prove practical...

By Associated Press, Boston Globe | 11.28.2011
The Biotechnology Industry Organization spent almost $2 million in the third quarter as it lobbied Congress, the White House, and...
By Associated Press, Boston Globe | 11.28.2011
The Biotechnology Industry Organization spent almost $2 million in the third quarter as it lobbied Congress, the White House, and...
By Duff Wilson, New York Times | 11.23.2011


Merck has agreed to pay $950 million and has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge over the marketing and sales...