Stories by Marcy Darnovsky
1997's 'Gattaca' featured a bleak future world ruled by bio-engineered superhumans -- an outcome that no longer seems far-fetched.
Posted on Mar 22, 2008
A new Nobel laureate's work shows that the prospect of genetically engineering children is controversial but no longer just a fantasy.
Posted on Oct 19, 2007
Stem-cell research is dependent on women who are willing to donate their eggs for research. But nobody's talking about the donors.
Posted on Oct 30, 2006
A Virginia-based fertility clinic is aggressively marketing a new technique that allows Americans to choose the gender of their child. They call it 'family balancing.'
Posted on Sep 25, 2003