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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 Jennifer Rankin, EuropeanVoice.com | 03.24.2011
Last-ditch talks on how the European Union regulates animal cloning are at risk of collapse.

MEPs look set for a...
By Kim Christensen, The Los Angeles Times | 03.23.2011
Federal prosecutors were surprised to learn this week that Dr. Ricardo Asch, who was being held in Mexico City for...
By Marisa Taylor and Michael Doyle, The Kansas City Star | 03.20.2011

For nearly three years, the military held the key to Roger House's exoneration and didn't tell him: A forensics examiner...

By Jonathan Kahn, Biopolitical Times guest contributor | 03.17.2011
In recent years the issue of whether, how and when to use racial categories in biomedicine has been a subject...
By Loretta Arnold, Examiner.com [Raleigh] | 03.17.2011
North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue sends a Task Force message within Executive Order No. 83 involving the North Carolina Eugenics...
By Julie Moult, The Daily Mail (UK) | 03.16.2011

Most parents are so grateful to have a healthy baby that the sex of the child is a secondary consideration...

By Henry K. Lee, San Francisco Chronicle | 03.15.2011
A suspect in a 2008 sexual assault of a Santa Cruz coffee-shop worker has been arrested through a relatively new...
By Shira Schoenberg, Concord Monitor | 03.15.2011
State Rep. Martin Harty resigned yesterday, facing outrage from constituents, colleagues and strangers over comments he made endorsing eugenics for...