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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 Jason Wilson and Ali Winston, The Guardian | 06.16.2024

Multiple events hosted at a historic former hotel in Berkeley, California, have brought together people from intellectual movements popular at...

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By Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press | 06.15.2024

The mailings promised “Life Without Pain!” via stem cell injections or IVs administered in a patient’s own home. The allure...

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By Stephen Groves, Associated Press | 06.13.2024

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Senate Republicans blocked legislation that would make it a right nationwide for women to...

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By Ruth Graham, The New York Times | 06.12.2024

Southern Baptists, the country’s largest Protestant denomination, voted on Wednesday to oppose the use of in vitro fertilization. The vote...

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By Karen Fischer, BioSpace | 06.12.2024

When Orchard Therapeutics announced the $4.25 million price tag in March for its newly approved rare disease gene therapy Lenmeldy...

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By Claire Booth, The Conversation | 06.12.2024

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Individually, rare diseases are rare, but there are so many rare diseases that over ...

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By Sarah Gantz, The Philadelphia Inquirer | 06.10.2024

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Penn Medicine’s patients of color are far less likely than white patients to...

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By Alison Snyder, Axios | 06.06.2024

Gene editing's next chapter will be focused on tackling cancers and more common diseases, uncovering new details about aging...