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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 Whitney Arey, Ph.D et al.,, The New England Journal of Medicine | 06.22.2022

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When the U.S. Supreme Court issues its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health...

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By Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic | 06.22.2022

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In October 2019, Jordan Janz became the first person in the world to receive an...

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By Ian Sample , The Guardian | 06.22.2022

More than half the UK backs the idea of rewriting the DNA of human embryos to prevent severe or life-threatening...

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By Adam Rutherford, The Guardian | 06.19.2022

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It’s a quirk of history that the foundations of modern biology – and as...

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By Alison Motluk , The Globe and Mail | 06.18.2022

As you drop your dad’s card into the mailbox, or dial him for a quick chat, or arrange a little...

CRISPR vial
By Michael Le Page, New Scientist | 06.16.2022

CRISPR gene-editing trials for treating sickle cell disease and beta thalassaemia are being extended to include children aged under 12...

Surgical tools
By Gretchen Vogel , Science | 06.16.2022

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A surgeon who just a decade ago was celebrated around the globe as a...

AI
By Robin Donovan, NEO.LIFE | 06.16.2022

There’s a joke in Silicon Valley about how AI was developed: Privileged coders were building machine learning algorithms to replace...