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By Katherine Drabiak, Journal of Medical Ethics Forum | 08.07.2025
Adapted from Mitochondrial DNA at
National Human Genome Research Institute
Recently, media outlets around the world have been reporting on...
By Brittany Luse, Liam McBain, and Neena Pathak, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 05.28.2025
A newly available kind of genetic testing, called polygenic embryo screening, promises to screen for conditions that can include cancer...
By Jim Yardley, The New York Times | 05.24.2011
India’s increasing wealth and improving literacy are apparently contributing to a national crisis of “missing girls,” with the number of...
By Eryn Brown, Los Angeles Times | 05.20.2011
California Treasurer Bill Lockyer and Gov. Jerry Brown today nominated Jonathan Thomas to succeed Robert Klein as chairman of the...
By Sunny Dhillon, The Globe and Mail | 05.19.2011
People who might never have known who their biological mother or father was will have that opportunity now that a...
By BBC, BBC News | 05.19.2011
Laws in the UK are designed to try to prevent such arrangements, but Mr Justice Hedley said his paramount concern...
By Rob Stein, The Washington Post | 05.18.2011
In an era of helicopter parents eager to exploit every competitive edge for their children, at least two companies have...
By Lewis Page, The Register | 05.18.2011
The Supreme Court has ruled that guidance on the running of the national DNA database – which states that all...
By Vincent Y. Chao and Shelley Huang, Taipei Times | 05.17.2011
Estimates that thousands of female fetuses are aborted each year in Taiwan have led to calls for health agencies to...
By Robin Yapp, The Telegraph (UK) | 05.16.2011
Roger Abdelmassih is on the run from police after being convicted of sexually assaulting or raping 39 female patients at...