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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 Claire Robinson, GMWatch | 07.03.2023

Scientists have discovered that the cells of early human embryos are often unable to repair damage to their DNA caused...

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By Simone McCarthy, CNN | 07.03.2023

He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist who sparked global outrage in 2018 when he revealed that he had created the first...

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By Jessica Hamzelou, MIT Technology Review | 06.30.2023

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Microbes have been on my mind this week. These tiny organisms are everywhere, and the...

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By Sarah Crespi, Angela Saini, Warren Cornwall, Science Magazine | 06.29.2023

First up this week on the show, scientists are learning how to “cryopreserve” tissues—from donor kidneys to coral larvae. Contributing...

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By Staff, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | 06.27.2023

As far back as 2015, scientists have been warning against using CRISPR-Cas9 technology to modify germline genomes. Indeed, a perspective...

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By Sophie Putka, MedPage Today | 06.26.2023

George Gibson remembers turning to his wife after a 2015 procedure at a Florida clinic that he thought would help...

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By Nick Schager, The Daily Beast | 06.23.2023

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Cloning is, at heart, about the fear of death and the...

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By Edward Ongweso Jr. , The Nation | 06.23.2023

In the opening pages of his magisterial Bay Area history, Imperial San Francisco, historian Gray Brechin presents his book as...