ELSEWHERE: Surprise, Your Brother Is Actually Your Uncle!

That’s the sort of discovery one could make when one starts getting their DNA scanned, as one woman recently discovered. DNA scans can reveal useful medical information, such as one’s likelihood to develop Alzheimer’s. But they can also turn up unforeseen information about parentage, which adds to the increasing fluidity of today’s families, for better or [...]

Ethical Dilemmas Arise When You Turn Science Fiction into Reality

Genetic Research

Once again, something that once was squarely in the domain of science fiction has crossed the line over into reality.