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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 Andrew Buncombe and Nina Lakhani, The Independent UK | 11.14.2011
Western pharmaceutical companies have seized on India over the past five years as a testing ground for drugs – making...
By Andrew Buncombe and Nina Lakhani, The Independent UK | 11.14.2011
Western pharmaceutical companies have seized on India over the past five years as a testing ground for drugs – making...
By Rob Stein, The Washington Post | 11.14.2011
The company conducting the first government-approved tests in people of a therapy developed using human embryonic stem cells abruptly announced...
By Rob Stein, The Washington Post | 11.14.2011
The company conducting the first government-approved tests in people of a therapy developed using human embryonic stem cells abruptly announced...
By CBS SF, CBS San Francisco | 11.14.2011

It’s the hot new item in the fertility industry. More and more infertile Asian couples want eggs, but few young...

By Martin Turner, BioNews | 11.14.2011
In what appears to be the end of a long running legal saga, a ruling by the UK's Supreme Court...
By Christine Byers, St. Louis Post-Dispatch | 11.14.2011
The St. Louis Police Officers' Association filed a grievance today saying the department's collection of DNA from police officers is...
By Martin Turner, BioNews | 11.14.2011
In what appears to be the end of a long running legal saga, a ruling by the UK's Supreme Court...