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Justin Schleede reaches onto a black lab bench to pick up a tray of small plastic tubes.

"These are saliva samples as well as blood," says Schleede, a geneticist who runs Herasight Inc.'s lab in Morrisville, N.C. "We also...

This is the 15th 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. You can read the first part here. The series...

"If proven to be safe, we believe preventive gene editing could be one of the most important health technologies of...

WILLIAM BATESON, a foundational figure in the science of genetics at the turn of the last century, once recounted the...

A chicken farm
By Claire Robinson, GMWatch | 10.19.2023

Chicken farm by "L214 - éthique et animaux"
from Wiki Commons, licensed under CC by 3.0.

Scientists at...

The California Flag
By Joelle Boxer, Bill of Health | 10.18.2023

Last month, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of nine reproductive health care bills, following the passage of ...

strands of genes
By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega, Science | 10.18.2023

An industry-academic initiative announced today aims to create the largest ever database of genomes exclusively from people with African ancestry...

pink pig with black spots looks out of a metal bucket
By Tanya Lewis, Scientific American | 10.18.2023

Robert Montgomery walked deliberately down the hospital hallway carrying a stainless-steel bowl containing a living human kidney resting on a...

DNA in test tubes
By Adithi Iyer, Bill of Health | 10.17.2023

The cultural, informational, and medical phenomenon that is 23andMe has placed a spotlight on precision medicine, which seeks to personalize...

a scientist looking at genes
By Denis Campbell and Nonyelum Anigbo, The Guardian | 10.17.2023

Over the counter genetic tests in the UK that assess the risk of cancer or heart problems fail to identify...

babies in the hospital
By Shoshanna Ehrlich, Ms. Magazine | 10.17.2023

On Dec. 1, 2023, the Natal Conference will be held in Austin, Texas. Promising to gather the “brightest minds in...

A fertility clinic operating room
By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 10.16.2023

To be a great company founder, they say you should use your own product. Eat your own dog food. But...