Introduction
A 59-year-old woman gives birth to twins. A couple who lost two children to cystic fibrosis takes advantage of a new procedure that guarantees their next child will be free of the disease. A schoolteacher undergoes a new fertility treatment and gives birth to quadruplets. Are these people defying nature, or simply obeying one of its basic laws, when they enlist medical technology to aid the reproductive process? Is it fair to aid in the birth of children whose mothers may be ready for a nursing home by the time the children leave nursery school? Should medical insurance cover infertility treatments when millions of Americans have no health-care coverage at all? Should the government fund genetic research that might enable parents to choose the sex and the physical and mental characteristics of their unborn child?
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Jun. 14, 2019 |
Consumer Genetic Testing |
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Apr. 26, 2019 |
Manipulating Human Genes |
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Sep. 15, 2017 |
Medical Breakthroughs |
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Jun. 19, 2015 |
Manipulating the Human Genome |
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May 31, 2013 |
Patenting Human Genes |
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Jan. 21, 2011 |
Genes and Health |
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May 15, 2009 |
Reproductive Ethics |
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Oct. 22, 2004 |
Cloning Debate |
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May 18, 2001 |
Designer Humans |
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May 12, 2000 |
Human Genome Research |
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Dec. 17, 1999 |
Embryo Research |
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May 28, 1999 |
DNA Databases |
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Apr. 03, 1998 |
Biology and Behavior |
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May 09, 1997 |
The Cloning Controversy |
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Dec. 08, 1995 |
Gene Therapy's Future |
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Apr. 08, 1994 |
Reproductive Ethics |
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Oct. 18, 1991 |
Gene Therapy |
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Aug. 16, 1991 |
Fetal Tissue Research |
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Jun. 30, 1989 |
Solving Crimes with Genetic Fingerprinting |
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Apr. 03, 1987 |
Biotechnology Developments |
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Jan. 10, 1986 |
Genetic Breakthroughs |
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Dec. 26, 1980 |
Genetic Business |
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Mar. 25, 1977 |
Genetic Research |
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May 19, 1971 |
Human Engineering |
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Aug. 20, 1969 |
Human Intelligence |
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Dec. 13, 1967 |
Genetics and the Life Process |
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