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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 Alok Jha, The Observer (UK) | 03.13.2011

It is unclear at exactly what point the phrase "stem cell" entered the vernacular, one of very few scientific terms...

By David Derbyshire, The Daily Mail | 03.12.2011
The first baby with three biological parents could be conceived next year after the Government announced a major review of ...
By Matthew D'Arcy, publicservice.co.uk | 03.11.2011
A deal signed under Tony Blair's government to help the United Arab Emirates build a DNA database of its entire...
By Ron Leuty, San Francisco Business Times | 03.09.2011
The board overseeing California’s stem cell research funding agency should redefine the role of its chairman and “let the management...
By Times of India, The Times of India [Nepal] | 03.08.2011

Almost nine years after India's Supreme Court gave the legal nod to commercial surrogacy, the issue has finally surfaced in...

By Lindsey Tanner, Salon | 03.08.2011

 Was your kid born to be an elite athlete? Marketers of genetic tests claim the answer is in mail-order kits...

By Andrew Zajac, The Seattle Times | 03.08.2011
Members of a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel convened to consider new government regulation of genetic testing offered directly...
By Amy Corderoy, The Sydney Morning Herald | 03.08.2011
A leading IVF clinic is helping clients choose the sex of their baby by sending them to an overseas clinic...