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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 Alison Motluk, HeyReprotech Newsletter | 06.23.2020

Many people, finding themselves at the end of their reproductive journey, decide to donate their extra embryos "to science." We...

Sickle cell anemia, showing blood vessel with normal and deformated crescent
By Rob Stein , NPR | 06.23.2020

Like millions of other Americans, Victoria Gray has been sheltering at home with her children as the U.S. struggles through...

Seal of California
By David Jensen, Capitol Weekly [cites CGS and Marcy Darnovsky] | 06.22.2020

A $5.5 billion stem cell bond measure qualified this afternoon for the November ballot, but the campaign to win voter...

Stem Cell Research
By Brent Schrotenboer, USA Today | 06.22.2020

In a message posted on Facebook in early May, a startup company in San Diego tried to sell a big...

The Mighty Mosquito
By Natalie Kofler and Jennifer Kuzma , Boston Globe | 06.22.2020

While the attention of the American public has rightfully been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, its associated racial disparities, and...

X chromosome against the background of DNA
By Robin McKie , The Guardian | 06.21.2020

Twenty years ago this week, an international group of scientists announced it had put together the first genetic blueprint of...

University College, London
By University College London , UCL News | 06.19.2020

The decision was made by UCL’s President & Provost Professor Michael Arthur and ratified by Council - the university’s governing...

By Sui-Lee Wee, The New York Times | 06.17.2020

The police in China are collecting blood samples from men and boys from across the country to build a genetic...