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DNA is the molecule of life: this double-helix structure, present in every cell in the body and organized into fragments...

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MEXICO CITY — When she walked into an IVF clinic in June, Alin Quintana knew it would be the last time she...

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Scientists have created human eggs containing genes from adult skin cells, a step that someday could help women who are...

GeneWatch UK has prepared a briefing on the genetic modification of nature for the International Union for Conservation of Nature...

Policies

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The Australian fertility industry has been rocked by several recent cases of embryo and sperm mix-ups. With a lack of...

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Kathleen Whipple and her husband had dreamed of a big family, but struggled to conceive.

Upon his return from an...

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Reports of several cases of embryo and sperm mix-ups have put the Australian fertility industry in the spotlight for all...

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A judge in New York rejected a request on 23 September to disqualify the use of cutting-edge DNA sequencing as...

Society

Biotech

When Nirnay Murthy learned about a treatment for his toddler son’s rare condition, relief quickly gave way to disappointment.

A...

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On the popular Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, an account called “Georgia Notes” (@格鲁吉亚小纸条...

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The father of some 22 children discovered by Arcadia police in May also owns a property in El Monte where...

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On Thursday afternoon, NSW Health announced a temporary exemption to the donor limit would come into effect in mid to...

Perspectives

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When most people hear the word eugenics, they think of dusty history textbooks and black-and-white photographs: forced sterilizations in the...

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Een rijtje gespreide vulva’s gaapt de bezoeker aan. Zó ziet een bevalling eruit, en zó een baarmoeder met foetus. Een...

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Donald Trump” by Gage Skidmore  is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

On Monday, President Donald Trump and Health and...

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Many fertility clinics and gamete banks exclude candidate donors who are neurodivergent or have a family history of neurodivergence. Neurodivergence...