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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...
For genetic conditions like Duchenne muscular dystrophy, there is little doctors can do to slow or treat the condition other...
The patients in this story came to the Yale Fertility Center to pursue pregnancy. They began their I.V.F. cycles full...
Campaigners in Japan have reacted angrily to a government report revealing that children as young as nine were among thousands...
If you could choose the healthiest embryo to carry so that your future child could avoid deadly diseases, would you...
Research on the manufacture of egg-like and sperm-like cells for the purpose of producing laboratory-crafted human children is proceeding rapidly...
Two teams of scientists have announced that they have grown embryo-like structures, made entirely from human stem cells, that are...
TESCREAL—pronounced “tess-cree-all.” It’s a strange word that you may have seen pop up over the past few months. The renowned...
After decades of intense debate and stalled legislation, the Food and Drug Administration has taken a critical step in overseeing...