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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 David Glovin, David Voreacos and Michael Smith, Bloomberg Businessweek | 11.01.2011
An Israeli man who brokered black-market sales of human kidneys in the U.S. arranged transplant surgeries at medical centers, including...
By David Glovin, David Voreacos and Michael Smith, Bloomberg Businessweek | 11.01.2011
An Israeli man who brokered black-market sales of human kidneys in the U.S. arranged transplant surgeries at medical centers, including...
By Martha C. White, Time: Moneyland | 10.27.2011
A Wall Street Journal article earlier this week reported that Visa and MasterCard are exploring new ways to take data...
By Martha C. White, Time: Moneyland | 10.27.2011
A Wall Street Journal article earlier this week reported that Visa and MasterCard are exploring new ways to take data...
By Mark Metherell, Sydney Morning Herald | 10.27.2011

Weight loss programs based on genetic tests operating out of pharmacies at a $1600 cost to patients have become the...

By Mark Metherell, Sydney Morning Herald | 10.27.2011

Weight loss programs based on genetic tests operating out of pharmacies at a $1600 cost to patients have become the...

By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN | 10.27.2011
Imagine going in for a cancer screening, and the technician turns to you and says, "We're finished, but if I...
By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN | 10.27.2011
Imagine going in for a cancer screening, and the technician turns to you and says, "We're finished, but if I...

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