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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 woman in a lab coat looks at DNA under a microscope
By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 03.06.2023

Hundreds of scientists, doctors, bioethicists, patients, and others started gathering in London Monday for the Third International Summit on Human...

he jiankui in a light blue button up standing in front of a lab. The background is blurred
By Eben Kirksey, The New York Times | 03.04.2023

Since James Watson and Francis Crick first described the structure of the DNA double helix, scientists have debated the potential...

a group of cells with the mitochondria dyed gold on a black background.
By Jessica Hamzelou, MIT Technology Review | 03.03.2023

This week, I’ve been working on a big story about a controversial treatment that creates babies with three genetic parents...

A gloved pink cartoon hand holding a cartoon vial with blue liquid and 3 pink embryos in it
By Jessica Hamzelou, MIT Technology Review | 03.02.2023

When the first baby born using a controversial procedure that meant he had three genetic parents was born back in...

a collage that shows various assisted reproductive technologies. It is composed of various cartoon images surrounding fertility that is white, blue, and pink. This is on a teal background.
By Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times | 03.01.2023

Five years ago, Jason Diaz underwent drastic surgery to combat a rare type of cancer. He had his stomach removed...

A cartoon drawing of a scientist looking at a DNA double helix on a purple background
By Brian Murphy, The Washington Post | 02.18.2023

Paul Berg, a Nobel laureate biochemist whose breakthrough in splicing DNA molecules helped place the foundations for the biotech industry...

drawing of three human bodies with a DNA strand across each body
By Robert Resta and Diane B. Paul, The DNA Exchange | 02.15.2023

The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) recently released Facing Our History – Building An Equitable Future Initiative, a...

a realistic drawing of a dodo bird.
By James Ashworth, Natural History Museum | 02.15.2023

Photo by McGill Library on Unsplash

The dodo has joined an exclusive club, becoming one of the species suggested for...