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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...

Stem cell under microscope
By Rachel Bluth, California Healthline [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 10.21.2020

SACRAMENTO — In an election year dominated by a chaotic presidential race and splashy statewide ballot initiative campaigns, Californians are...

Map of the world showing countries that prohibit heritable human genome editing in red
By Françoise Baylis, Marcy Darnovsky, Katie Hasson, and Timothy M. Krahn, The CRISPR Journal | 10.20.2020

Abstract

Discussions and debates about the governance of human germline and heritable genome editing should be informed by a clear...

Indian woman with baby at doctor
By Gauri Agarwal, The Times of India | 10.19.2020

The Assisted Reproduction Technology Regulation Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha in September this year. It has been a...

CRISPR-Cas9
By Mahlet N. Mesfin and Scott Moore, The Hill | 10.18.2020

Last week, two women — Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier — were awarded the Nobel Prize for their groundbreaking discovery of...

Father and baby
By Elena Barysheva, DW | 10.17.2020

A few years ago, lawyer Vladimir (name changed) who lives in a big Russian city decided to have a child...

Female scientist in black and white
By Henry T. Greely, STAT | 10.17.2020

In the course of just under two months that started 40 years ago this week, five events occurred that shaped...

Trump on graphic
By Adam Cohen, LA Times | 10.14.2020

Politicians often flatter their audiences, but at a rally in Bemidji, Minn., last month, President Trump found an unusual thing...

Jennifer Doudna
By Emily Mullin, Future Human | 10.13.2020

When the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on October 7 that she had won the 2020 Nobel Prize in...