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Technologies

GeneWatch UK has prepared a briefing on the genetic modification of nature for the International Union for Conservation of Nature...

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Earlier this year, I had dinner in D.C. with Jensen Huang, the president and chief executive of Nvidia. At...

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Scientists have dreamed for centuries about using animal organs to treat ailing humans. In recent years, those efforts have begun...

The Center for Genetics and Society is delighted to recommend the current edition of GMWatch Review – Number...

Policies

In the leadup to the 2024 election, Donald Trump repeatedly promised to make IVF more accessible. He made the commitment...

Sir Francis Galton, 1890s, by Eveleen Myers (née Tennant)
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As has been discussed in recent...

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In March 2021, a 25-year-old US citizen was traveling through Chicago’s Midway airport when they were stopped by US border...

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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends three NHS-funded IVF cycles for those eligible under 40...

Society

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For some Greenlanders, sorry isn’t enough.

The prime minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, made a special visit Wednesday to Greenland’s...

Sir Francis Galton, 1890s, by Eveleen Myers (née Tennant)
npg.org
Public Domain via Wikipedia

As has been discussed in recent...

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On May 26, Tracy Atteberry checked in to the hospital at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. The...

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It has been seven years since Chinese biophysicist He Jiankui made an announcement that shocked the world's scientists.

He had...

Perspectives

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Een rijtje gespreide vulva’s gaapt de bezoeker aan. Zó ziet een bevalling eruit, en zó een baarmoeder met foetus. Een...

Donald Trump

Donald Trump” by Gage Skidmore  is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

On Monday, President Donald Trump and Health and...

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Many fertility clinics and gamete banks exclude candidate donors who are neurodivergent or have a family history of neurodivergence. Neurodivergence...

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The first time I met Eliezer Yudkowsky, he said there was a 99.5 percent chance that A.I. was going to...