News

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...

a person swimming in a pool
By Virginia Heffernan, The New Republic | 05.29.2026

Here and there, it’s been a good month for humanity—or “magnificas humanitas,” as Pope Leo XIV calls us poor featherless...

DNA strand
By Moe Alsumidaie, The Clinical Trial Vanguard | 05.26.2026

Picture the moment a gene therapy trial’s safety monitor pulls up a patient record — years after the last dose...

photo of the Indian flag with blue sky in the background
By Tarandeep Hira, BioNews | 05.26.2026

Fifteen people, including five doctors, have been charged in Maharashtra, India, following an investigation into the exploitation of financially vulnerable ...

a graphic showing a gene therapy developing
By Gina Kolata, The New York Times | 05.25.2026

In a small, preliminary study, an experimental gene-editing treatment dramatically lowered cholesterol levels, perhaps permanently, after just one infusion, scientists...

a graphic of IVF interrupted with a white line
By Caroline Kitchener, The New York Times | 05.24.2026

More than anything else in the world, Erin Millender longed to be a mother. She already had a day care...

an image of a flying baby over a scale that states "best"
By Alexandre Piquard, Le Monde [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 05.22.2026

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

flag of Nepal with blue sky in the background
By Aarya Chand, The Kathmandu Post | 05.21.2026

KATHMANDU – When Padma was 22, she was diagnosed with cancer. What followed were three brutal cycles of chemotherapy—each necessary...

gene therapy graphic
By Paul Knoepfler, Stat | 05.21.2026

I was at the annual American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) meeting in Boston when news broke last...