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Following an annual CGS tradition, we present a selection of our favorite Biopolitical Times posts...

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It is hard to make predictions, especially about the future, as Yogi Berra, Niels...

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In-vitro fertilisation (IVF) as assisted reproductive technology (ART) has been in vogue for quite a few decades now. While IVF...

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In the days after Daphna Cardinale delivered her second child, she experienced a rare sense of calm and wonder. The...

Policies

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Following an annual CGS tradition, we present a selection of our favorite Biopolitical Times posts...

Scientist examining DNA

 

Lucy Landman was born with a very rare genetic disorder that causes severe intellectual disability, weak muscles and seizures...

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(Bloomberg) — A woman in Hong Kong had to travel to two different countries to attempt conceiving a baby on...

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said on Wednesday it had entered into agreements with Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX.O), opens...

Society

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Following an annual CGS tradition, we present a selection of our favorite Biopolitical Times posts...

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FOR YEARS NOW, aspiring parents have been designing their children. Screening embryos for disease-causing genes during IVF, selecting their future baby’s...

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"Richard Lynn" by Matt Gibson licensed under CC by SA 3.0 

A leading academic publisher is reviewing...

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It was somewhere between the third and fourth child that Catherine Pakaluk had a revelation.

“There was this sense that...

Perspectives

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Following an annual CGS tradition, we present a selection of our favorite Biopolitical Times posts...

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As more people access fertility services in their journeys to becoming parents, Toronto Metropolitan University professor Katie Hammond says the...

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A single cell.
A global business worth billions.
A trade that can bring rewards—or human costs that cannot be measured...

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23andMe, a major company providing direct-to-consumer genetic testing, has been struggling financially since late 2023. In September 2024, the company’s...