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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...

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By Fyodor D. Urnov and Sadik H. Kassim, Nature | 04.21.2026

In February, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed a radical rethink of how scientists, physicians and manufacturers develop...

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By Alex Aylward, Daniel J. Fairbanks, Maria Kiladi, and Gregory Radick , Heredity | 04.20.2026

Genetics and eugenics co-evolved at the beginning of the twentieth century and remained associated through the 1940s and beyond. Early...

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By Alfonso Martinez Arias, Nicolas Rivron, and Naomi Moris, BioNews | 04.20.2026

The ability of pluripotent stem cells to differentiate into different cell types has enabled the creation of stem-cell-based embryo models...

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By George Janes, BioNews | 04.20.2026

New regulations in sperm donation are being implemented by Belgium's Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products (FAMHP), following revelations...

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By Abby Vesoulis, Mother Jones | 04.18.2026

Two years ago, we devoted an entire issue to the rise of the American oligarchy. Since then, our oligarchic...

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By Julianna LeMieux, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | 04.14.2026

Twenty years ago, Sven Bocklandt, PhD, sought to create a hypoallergenic cat. He had the genetic engineering chops to do...

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By Carly Mallenbaum and Alex Golden, Axios | 04.08.2026

Without a federal law, surrogacy in the U.S. is governed by a patchwork of state regulations that can determine everything...

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By Miguel Muñoz, Cadena SER [cites Marcy Darnovsky] | 04.08.2026

"Para ellos, una familia numerosa no solo es una preferencia personal, sino que es una obligación. Creen que tener tantos...