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Cathy Tie slips on a white lab coat bearing her name and the logo of her startup: Origin Genomics. "Welcome!" she says as she leads an NPR reporter, photographer and videographer on an exclusive tour of Origin's labs located...

This is the 17th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring the history of eugenics and the ways it shapes our present. The series is organized by Osagie K. Obasogie in...

THE INSTAGRAM POST, precision-guided by sex and age, had zeroed in on its target. Yuchen Tu is a conser­vatory-trained viola...

This is the 16th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...

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By Tobi Thomas, The Guardian | 06.10.2026

The UK’s stem cell transplant system is potentially putting the lives of blood cancer patients at risk as a result...

embryo
By Max Barnhart, Chemical & Engineering News | 06.09.2026

On June 1, an international group of industry and academic collaborators, led by geneticist Dieter Egli at Columbia University, released...

Fertility clinic photo
By Mark Ellwood, Air Mail | 06.06.2026

How much would you pay to be a parent? For years, Americans who turned to surrogacy could expect to spend...

lab research photo
By Megan Molteni, Stat | 06.05.2026

In 2021, the federal office charged with ensuring that the vast research enterprise bankrolled by the Department of Health and...

an image of developing embryos
By Carl Zimmer, The New York Times | 06.04.2026

Scientists at Columbia University have edited the DNA of early human embryos with unprecedented accuracy, an achievement that could open...

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By Staff, ABC News | 06.01.2026

The Victorian government is introducing legislation it says will make IVF clinics safer and more accountable following high-profile bungles by...

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By Daniel Shanahan, Los Angeles Review of Books | 05.31.2026

This is the 15th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...

a graphic showing removal of a piece of a strand of DNA to modify it
By Jenny Kleeman, The Guardian | 05.30.2026

On a Friday evening in late April, Cathy Tie, the Canadian serial entrepreneur and self-styled “Biotech Barbie”, is centre stage...