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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 Marimer Matos, Courthouse News Service | 04.14.2011
     Three groups conspired to fix prices for human egg donors and "reap anti-competitive profits for themselves," a donor says...
By Nilanjana S. Roy, The New York Times | 04.13.2011
The figures tell an old and cruel story: the systematic elimination of girls in India. In the 2001 census, the...
By Solomon Times , Solomon Times | 04.11.2011

The patent application was launched by US based lawyers on behalf of Taiwanese scientist, Dr Ko Ying-Chin.

According to the...

By Marcus Wohlsen, Salon | 04.09.2011
This article is excerpted from Marcus Wohlsen's new book, "Biopunk."

The most disruptive force on the planet resides in DNA...
By Eric Hoffman and Jaydee Hanson, Biopolitical Times guest contributors | 04.07.2011

A three-judge federal appeals court heard arguments on Monday in a case that could decide the future of human gene...

By The Connexion, The Connexion | 04.07.2011

Top appeal court the Cour de Cassation has decided that a French couple’s twins born in America to a surrogate...

By Kim Tae-Jong, The Korea Times | 04.06.2011
Labor unions denounce the prosecution’s move to collect DNA samples of unionists found guilty of violence during strikes.

The criticism...
By James Meikle, The Guardian (UK) | 04.06.2011
Government advisers have endorsed the idea of a national pre-pregnancy screening programme for couples who want to know whether they...