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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...

5 babies in a row
By Raphaëlle Besse Desmoulières, Le Monde [cites CGS’ Katie Hasson] | 10.29.2023

Persuadés que notre espèce est en train de disparaître, Malcom et Simone Collins, un couple américain en attente de son...

genes
By Jonathan D. Grinstein, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News | 10.27.2023

Fyodor Urnov, PhD, is a pioneer in the field of genome editing and one of the scientists most invested in...

a person in a lab coat looks through a microscope
By Amy Dockser Marcus, The Wall Street Journal [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 10.27.2023

The Japanese biologist Katsuhiko Hayashi said earlier this year that he believes it will be possible to create a human...

a test tube with "DNA TEST" written on it, held by a gloved hand
By Ashley Smart, Undark | 10.27.2023

To Hear Kian Sadeghi tell it, his genetic testing company just might upend health care. The 23-year-old college dropout began...

DNA strand
By Jason Mast , STAT | 10.25.2023

PHILADELPHIA — Cesar de la Fuente believes the next breakthrough antibiotic might come from animals that have been dead for...

IVF test tube and insurance card
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN | 10.23.2023

Reproductive health experts are updating how they define “infertility” to be more inclusive.

The new definition, issued last week by...

Logo of Verve Therapeutics
By Annalee Armstrong and Max Bayer, Fierce Biotech | 10.23.2023

A nearly year-long clinical hold on Verve Therapeutics’ base editing therapy meant to treat a genetic form of high cholesterol has...

Biotechnology exhibition featuring a model of DNA
By Jag Bhalla & Nathan J. Robinson, Current Affairs | 10.20.2023

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Techno-optimism is a dangerous philosophy whose adherents espouse the blind faith that market capitalism...