Discussions about ethics are important in many aspects of health care but are especially critical when the health care includes genetic testing. There are several aspects of genetic testing that may ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . As a child, Sigal Klipstein, MD, would visit the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago with her parents and ...

Hi. I’m Art Caplan. I’m at the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. A new company, Nucleus Genomics, recently announced a whole new program of genetic testing. It is way past ...

Genetic screening technology now allows parents employing in vitro fertilization (IVF) to select for certain traits, allowing them to avoid passing on diseases or undesirable traits to their children.

The sci-fi world of Gattaca promised parents the option of selecting genetically bespoke children. Now you can buy a menu of tests prophesing your kids’ health risks – even before the embryo is ...

Want a bespoke baby? Check the beauty, brains, or brawn boxes on the embryo order form. Genetic tinkering is no longer science fiction — it’s a market without legal guidelines or societal buy-in. But ...

I treated a 42-year-old woman with metastatic ovarian cancer. She chose not to reveal it to anyone, including her family. Should her 26-year-old younger sister have been informed, given she might have ...

When 15 million consumers readily sent saliva samples to the genetic testing company 23andMe, they were eager to uncover mysteries surrounding their ancestry, family traits or potential health risks.