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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 Corey Rose, 9 News Colorodo | 10.25.2011
A few years ago, Windsor resident Carrie Mathews decided to become a surrogate mother.

She has four children of her...
By Corey Rose, 9 News Colorodo | 10.25.2011
A few years ago, Windsor resident Carrie Mathews decided to become a surrogate mother.

She has four children of her...
By Fresh Air, NPR | 10.24.2011

In 1980, the Supreme Court ruled that living, human-made microorganisms could be patented by their developers. The ruling opened the...

By Jennifer Gollan, New York Times | 10.22.2011

Synthetic biology - which includes the development of fuels, organ tissue and tumor-destroying bacteria - became a focus of government...

By Jeremy Laurance, The Independent | 10.20.2011

Making babies by artificial means is not without risk. Nina Thanki, 37, from Leicester, died in 2006 from a pulmonary...

By Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times | 10.19.2011
A prenatal blood test that can detect Down syndrome in a fetus in early pregnancy is now available to doctors...
By Hasan Dudar, Richmond Confidential | 10.18.2011
The cure for HIV could be as simple – well, almost — as a shot in the arm.

The full...
By Hasan Dudar, Richmond Confidential | 10.18.2011
The cure for HIV could be as simple – well, almost — as a shot in the arm.

The full...