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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...

scientist editing DNA
By Emily Mullin, Wired | 10.20.2023

Two companies have launched clinical trials to see if they can restore hearing to children with a rare type of...

Syringe with a needle
By Manisha Krishnan, Vice | 10.19.2023

Canada will legalize medically assisted dying for people who are addicted to drugs next spring, in a move some drug...

A chicken farm
By Claire Robinson, GMWatch | 10.19.2023

Chicken farm by "L214 - éthique et animaux"
from Wiki Commons, licensed under CC by 3.0.

Scientists at...

The California Flag
By Joelle Boxer, Bill of Health | 10.18.2023

Last month, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of nine reproductive health care bills, following the passage of ...

strands of genes
By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega, Science | 10.18.2023

An industry-academic initiative announced today aims to create the largest ever database of genomes exclusively from people with African ancestry...

pink pig with black spots looks out of a metal bucket
By Tanya Lewis, Scientific American | 10.18.2023

Robert Montgomery walked deliberately down the hospital hallway carrying a stainless-steel bowl containing a living human kidney resting on a...

gene strands in colorful vials
By Adithi Iyer, Bill of Health | 10.17.2023

The cultural, informational, and medical phenomenon that is 23andMe has placed a spotlight on precision medicine, which seeks to personalize...

a scientist looking at genes
By Denis Campbell and Nonyelum Anigbo, The Guardian | 10.17.2023

Over the counter genetic tests in the UK that assess the risk of cancer or heart problems fail to identify...