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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 Matt Canham, The Salt Lake Tribune | 04.05.2011
An attorney for the U.S. government has asked a trio of appellate judges to imagine a magic microscope that would...
By Tessa Muggeridge, The Tucson Sentinel | 03.31.2011
Gov. Jan Brewer has signed into law a bill that makes Arizona the first state to ban abortions based on...
By Diksha Sahni, The Wall Street Journal Blog | 03.31.2011
India’s early numbers for census 2011 released Thursday put the attention back on the India’s increasing population numbers and put...
By Jennifer Ludden and Marisa Penaloza, NPR | 03.30.2011
Twins, once a rarity to marvel over, are now a common part of American culture, thanks in large part to...
By Gina Maranto, Biopolitical Times guest contributor | 03.30.2011

Is each of us morally obligated to volunteer as a subject for biomedical research? Are we blameworthy if we don't...

By Alistair Driver, Farmers Guardian | 03.29.2011
The EU Parliament and the Council of Ministers had one final chance to reach agreement on updating the Novel Foods...
By Sean O'Neill and Steve Bird, The Australian | 03.26.2011
As Delroy Grant, 53, was convicted yesterday of 29 counts of rape, sexual assault and burglary, the Metropolitan Police said...
By Maria Danilova, The San Diego Union-Tribune | 03.24.2011
A French family has been detained for trying to hide their two surrogate infants under a mattress in their van...