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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...

Human genome graphic
By Nature Staff, Nature | 02.10.2021

The first drafts of the human genome, published in Nature and Science 20 years ago, flung open the doors for...

Covid vaccine sticker
By Oliver C. Huang, Ms. | 02.10.2021

Since the COVID vaccine was first announced last year, the question of who should be prioritized to receive the vaccine...

Pregnant woman
By Caitlin Ashworth, The Thaiger | 02.07.2021

An alleged illegal transnational surrogacy ring, posed as a cleaning company, was busted by Thailand’s cybercrime police after surrogate mothers...

Human genome
By Kahryn Maxson Jones, et al., Science | 02.05.2021

Millions of people today have access to their personal genomic information. Direct-to-consumer services and integration with other “big data” increasingly...

Man in a wheelchair
By Elliot Kukla, New York Times | 02.04.2021

Photo by 张 学欢 on Unsplash

I am online with eight members of the family of my client, a nursing...

By Duana Fullwiley, Boston Review | 02.04.2021

Some of my ancestors might live just up the street. They are the people who own the black camper van...

By Casey Ross, STAT | 02.04.2021

The genetics testing company 23andMe will enter the public markets via a special purpose acquisition corporation sponsored by Virgin Group...

Football players in action
By Pete Madden, Cho Park, and Ryan Smith, ABCNews | 02.03.2021

The NFL insists that its concussion settlement program does not require the clinicians who evaluate former players for payouts to...