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When venture capitalist Jack Abraham first began dating his wife, Gabriella Massamillo, he insisted on one condition: that when they were ready to have children, she’d be willing to conceive using in vitro fertilization. Abraham had lost both his mother...

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IN 2013, A SERIES of ads about the dangers of teen pregnancy appeared on New York City subway trains. Sponsored by the city’s Human Resources Administration...

Medical geneticists and genetic counselors have an often complicated and at times tense relationship with people with disabilities, their families...

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The Biopolitical Times reported this month that the California stem cell and gene...

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By Lauren Quinn, Hazlitt | 05.01.2024

“It hurt,” my friend told me. “They don’t tell you that it hurts.”

Her voice came heavy through my headphones as...

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By William Schulz, The Boston Globe | 05.01.2024

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Boxes of old family photos, letters, and other memorabilia have been sitting in my...

Group of protestors holding up signs protesting American immigration and border policies. Sign in middle says "Immigrants make America GREAT" in red and blue letters, and sign on the right says "NO HATE NO FEAR" on the first line and "Refugees are welcome here" on the second line.
By Felipe De La Hoz, The New Republic | 05.01.2024

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As radical as the contemporary GOP has become in recent years, it remains...

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By Gaby Del Valle, Politico | 04.28.2024

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The threat, we are told here this weekend, is existential, biological, epoch-defining. Economies will...

person in lab coat looks into a microscope next to large image of egg and sperm
By Lenny Bernstein and Yeganeh Torbati, The Washington Post | 04.28.2024

It was one of the worst accidents in the history of reproductive medicine.

A storage tank at a San Francisco...

the logo of the Future of Humanity Institute with a red "X" superimposed
By Andrew Anthony, The Guardian | 04.28.2024

Two weeks ago it was quietly announced that the Future of Humanity Institute, the renowned multidisciplinary research centre in Oxford...

Image shows two pigs behind a wire fence in a grassy area. One pig is bent down facing away while the other pig is facing directly at the camera.
By Rob Stein, NPR | 04.24.2024

Lisa Pisano was lying in a hospital bed at NYU Langone Health, hooked up to beeping monitors and an array...

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By Cade Metz, The New York Times | 04.22.2024

Generative A.I. technologies can write poetry and computer programs or create images of teddy bears and videos of cartoon characters...

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