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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...

doctor's hand holding stethoscope
By Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic | 05.07.2019

In 2014, 23andMe tests revealed a decades-old secret in Indianapolis: A local fertility doctor named Donald Cline had secretly used...

Mother holding young child
By Eoin O'Carroll, The Christian Science Monitor [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 05.06.2019

When you submit your DNA to a personal genomics company like Ancestry or 23andme, you’re not just uncovering secrets about...

Gavel sitting next to two books
By Nicholas Iovino, Courthouse News Service | 05.01.2019

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – Despite prior court rulings that police can collect DNA samples from people arrested but not convicted...

Large sign titled "eugenics board" that acknowledges forced sterilizations
By Dorothy Roberts, The Inquirer | 05.01.2019

At the turn of the 20th century, U.S. scientists proposed the control of reproduction to advance society based on the...

Human embryo on blue background
By Alison Motluk, HeyReprotech [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 04.30.2019

Mitochondria provide the power for our cells, and when they malfunction, it can be serious. So scientists have developed experimental...

White pencil writing a double strand of DNA on a blue background
By Sarah Glazer, CQ Researcher [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky and Katie Hasson] | 04.26.2019

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Marcy Darnovsky, Ph.D. , Katie Hasson, Ph.D. 
Executive Director, Center for Genetics and Society; and Program Director on...

5 men running on a track
By Nick Busca, Medium [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 04.25.2019

Scientists first developed gene therapy techniques in the 1990s, exploring ways to treat disease by modifying malfunctioning cells. In 1997...

Gloved hands over test tubes
By Editor, American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy | 04.24.2019

In a letter sent to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar today, a broad collective of...