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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...

Sperm cell reaching an egg cell
By Jacqueline Mroz, The New York Times | 02.28.2022

Like millions of Americans, David Berry was curious about his genealogy. He wanted to learn more about his paternal grandfather...

a black mother holding her baby
By Amy Dockser Marcus, Wall Street Journal | 02.26.2022

A few years after her marriage broke up, Aisha Jenkins started thinking about having a baby on her own. She...

He Jiankui
By Smriti Mallapaty, Nature | 02.25.2022

Photo of He Jiankui licensed for reuse under CC BY 3.0

Two prominent bioethicists in China are calling on the...

globe held by pair of hands representing countries of the world
By Dyna Rochmyaningsih, Undark Magazine | 02.24.2022

Since the first human genome was sequenced in the early 2000s, scientists have touted the breakthrough as a blessing to humanity...

Thomas Insel
By Ellen Barry, The New York Times | 02.22.2022

Official photo of Thomas Insel from the NIMH Office of the Director

A new book by Dr. Thomas P. Insel...

By Amit Katwala, Wired | 02.21.2022

Hundreds of genes have been linked to autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a complicated range of conditions affecting the behavior, social...

black and white photo of a baby
By BBC, BBC | 02.21.2022

The Irish government has expedited plans for families with newborn surrogate babies to travel immediately from Ukraine.

It comes as...

President Biden's Cabinet members sitting in chairs and wearing masks
By H. Holden Thorp, Science | 02.18.2022

It has been a rough 2 weeks for the US science community. After 4 years of bludgeoning by the Trump...