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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...

a crumpled $100 bill on someone's hand
By Heidi Ledford, Nature | 10.06.2023

It was one of gene therapy’s greatest successes — and greatest disappointments.

Strimvelis is a potent treatment for a devastating...

 stethoscope in black and white
By Carmen Drahl, NPR | 10.06.2023

It seemed like a pretty straightforward exercise.

Arsenii Alenichev typed sentences like "Black African doctors providing care for white suffering...

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By Isabella Kwai, The New York Times | 10.03.2023
Dozens of Indigenous women and girls from Greenland have said that they had intrauterine devices inserted without their consent in...
a DNA test
By Christina Jewett, The New York Times | 09.29.2023
The Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that it was moving to close what has widely been viewed as...
egg and sperm in beaker
By Rob Stein, NPR | 09.28.2023

Katsuhiko Hayashi pulls a clear plastic dish from an incubator and slides it under a microscope.

"You really want to...

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By Claire Robinson, GMWatch | 09.26.2023

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A young researcher studying plant breeding for her PhD at Cornell University has just...

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By Franklin G. Miller, Hastings Bioethics Forum | 09.25.2023

The news media significantly influence public perceptions of medical innovation. How cutting- edge medical innovation is presented—what receives attention and...

graphic of Petri dish, hospital bed, stethoscope, uterus
By Elayne Clift, Rutland Herald | 09.23.2023

A recent press release I received got me thinking about how much we really care about kids. The press alert...