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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...

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...

synthetic embryos
By Barbara Pfeffer Billauer, Bill of Health | 10.13.2023

A synthetic embryo can now be constructed from very early pre-embryonic cells – without the need for an egg or...

a needle and a tube
By Charles M. Blow, The New York Times | 10.11.2023
Respiratory syncytial virus, or R.S.V., is a nasty bug. It’s the leading cause of hospitalizations among American infants and results...
flag of California
By Sam Levin and Maanvi Singh, The Guardian | 10.10.2023

California has become the first state to ban the use of “excited delirium” as a cause of death, prohibiting the...