News

The broligarchs have a vision for the new Trump term. It’s darker than you think.

By Sigal Samuel, Vox | 01.20.2025

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There’s a dominant narrative in the media about why tech billionaires are sucking up to Donald Trump: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and...

Society

Reproductive Futures: The Promises and Pitfalls of In-Vitro Gametogenesis

By Sarojini Nadimpally and Gargi Mishra, The Wire | 12.15.2024

In-vitro fertilisation (IVF) as assisted reproductive technology (ART) has been in vogue for quite a few decades now. While IVF has been hailed as a significant scientific advancement, with many advantages, here are some limitations which bear keeping in mind...

Assisted Reproduction

The Egg: A story of extraction, exploitation, and opportunity

By Natalie Obiko Pearson, Jessica Brice, Susan Berfield, Vernon Silver, Kanoko Matsuyama, Cindy Wang, Sinduja Rangarajan, Fani Nikiforaki, Bloomberg | 12.12.2024

A single cell.
A global business worth billions.
A trade that can bring rewards—or human costs that cannot be measured...

Other Countries

Scientists call for revision on South Africa’s guidelines on genome engineering

By Di Caelers, Nature | 01.14.2025

Updates to South African research ethics guidelines which recognize significant potential for treating genetic diseases through heritable human genome editing...

Other Countries

The Truth About the Right and IVF

By Irin Carmon, New York | 09.14.2024

At Tuesday night’s debate, seemingly stung by Kamala Harris’s assertion that IVF treatments have been curtailed “under Donald Trump’s abortion...

Policies

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Gov’t, forced sterilization victims reach compensation settlement

By Staff, Kyodo News | 09.13.2024

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The Japanese government and people who were forced to undergo sterilization surgeries from the...

Patents & Other IP

Trump sells himself as a ‘leader’ on IVF, angering some Republicans

By Alice Miranda Ollstein and Megan Messerly , Politico | 09.12.2024

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Policies

Vertex, CRISPR’s Casgevy Highlights Complex Path to Gene Therapy Profitability

By Annalee Armstrong, BioSpace | 09.11.2024

Complex gene therapies are starting to hit the market but all have faced the same reality: a tepid reception from...

Human Genetic Modification

Human embryo models are getting more realistic-raising ethical questions

By Smriti Mallapaty, Nature | 09.11.2024

Under his microscope, Jun Wu could see several tiny spheres, each less than 1 millimetre wide. They looked just like...

Assisted Reproduction

Queensland’s crackdown on IVF clinics fuels push for national donor registry

By Andrew Messenger, The Guardian | 09.10.2024

A groundbreaking legislated crackdown on Queensland fertility providers has sparked calls to establish a national register for children conceived with...

Policies