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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...

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By Rob Stein, NPR [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 07.15.2023

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On a cloudy day on a gritty side street near the shore of San...

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By Jayasree K. Iyer, STAT | 07.12.2023

The treatment of sickle cell disease is on the cusp of a historic breakthrough, with makers of two gene-based treatments...

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By Farah Master, Reuters | 07.11.2023

China will "severely crack down" on illegal activities related to the use of assisted reproductive technologies such as the buying...

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By Tomoko Otake, The Japan Times | 07.11.2023

It was a report meant to draw a line under Japan’s tragic history with eugenics and forced sterilizations. But even...

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By Tate Ryan-Mosley, MIT Technology Review | 07.10.2023

Last week, a law about AI and hiring went into effect in New York City, and everyone is up in...

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By Paul Dempsey, The Institution of Engineering and Technology | 07.10.2023

Advances in brain-computer interfaces and prosthetics could improve the quality of life for millions, but they carry risks that even...

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By David Jensen , The California Stem Cell Report | 07.07.2023

A California institute founded by Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna proposed a new model this week for “solving one of the...

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By Benedikt Haerlin, ARC2020 | 07.07.2023

Adding, removing or swapping individual base pairs in the genome can make a huge difference to the functioning of a...