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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...

the ASHG logo
By American Society of Human Genetics Board of Directors, American Society of Human Genetics | 01.24.2023

The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)—and the research community it supports—believes in the power of human genetics to advance...

a robot solving equations
By Anja Kaspersen and Wendell Wallach, Carnegie Council | 01.24.2023

When ChatGPT was asked what advances in artificial intelligence mean for the human condition, it responded to our inquiry that...

small plants
By Claire Robinson, GMWatch | 01.24.2023

Gene editing has captured the imagination of academics and professionals working on agricultural development in Africa. They claim the technology...

a dna double helix
By Sydney Trent, The Washington Post | 01.24.2023

The world’s largest and best-known group of human geneticists apologized Tuesday for the role some of its early leaders played...

multicolored dna strands
By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega, Science | 01.24.2023

The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) apologized today for the participation of some of its early leaders in the...

two people in lab coats edit a DNA helix
By Rebecca Robbins and Stephanie Nolen, The New York Times | 01.24.2023

Suhellen Oliveira Da Silva was six months pregnant when she learned that the child she was carrying had the same...

Japanese flag in front of a corporate building
By Kyodo News, Kyodo News | 01.23.2023

The Japanese government was ordered Monday to pay damages to two people over their forced sterilization under a now-defunct eugenics...