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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 Eryn Brown, Los Angeles Times | 05.04.2011
On Wednesday morning the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine announced a $25-million award to support a spinal cord injury trial. ...
By Gina Maranto, Biopolitical Times guest contributor | 05.03.2011

In 2009, a Buenos Aires civic association awarded a prize named after American civil rights activist Rosa Parks to Argentinian...

By Donald G. McNeil Jr. and Pam Belluck, The New York Times | 05.02.2011
While federal officials said that analysis of DNA from several relatives helped confirm that it was Osama bin Laden who...
By Gardiner Harris, The New York Times | 04.29.2011
Government financing of human embryonic stem cell research can continue, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. The decision was an...
By The Local, The Local [Germany] | 04.28.2011

The court in Berlin ruled that the German embassy in India was within its rights to refuse a passport to...

By Alice Dreger, Bioethics Forum | 04.27.2011

What tools does a university administration have at its disposal to shut up critics on its own faculty? The University...

By BBC, BBC News | 04.24.2011

It is described as one of the fastest growing areas of medical "tourism" although that is a word none of...

By Bangkok Post, Bangkok Post [Thailand] | 04.22.2011

Recent headlines about a company offering surrogacy services in exchange for money have brought the issue of assisted reproductive technologies...