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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...

By Nicola Jones, Nature | 06.18.2021

From cat memes and music tracks to all manner of digital art, the bizarre, often quirky market for non-fungible tokens...

By Amelia Hill, The Guardian | 06.17.2021

Immortality and everlasting youth are the stuff of myths, according to new research which may finally end the eternal debate...

ICSSR guidelines
By Françoise Baylis, Nature | 06.15.2021

I note troubling inconsistencies in the revised guidelines for stem-cell research and clinical translation, issued in May by the International...

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By Quirin Schiermeier, Nature | 06.15.2021

In May 1999, a disturbing crime shocked the inhabitants of Kollum, a small village in the Netherlands. A local 16-year-old...

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By Erik Malmqvist, Bioethics | 06.14.2021

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The birth of the world’s first genetically edited babies in 2018 provoked considerable ethical outrage. Nonetheless, many scientists and...

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By Dalton Conley, The Washington Post | 06.14.2021

After the coronavirus baby bust is over and fertility clinics are booming again, increasing numbers of new parents will bring...

crime scene tape, gloves
By Sharon Pruitt-Young, NPR | 06.12.2021

It was only three days into 1956 when three boys from Montana, out for a hike on a normal January...

By Edward Helmore, The Guardian | 06.12.2021

Five patients of a California fertility center have been awarded a total of $15m after a freezing tank failed, rendering...