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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...

He Jiankui sitting and speaking into a microphone with a panel of speakers
By Dennis Normile, Science | 01.21.2019

He Jiankui, the Chinese researcher who claimed to have edited the genomes of twin baby girls in a heritable way—and...

Photo of He Jiankui in a lab
By Austin Ramzy and Sui-Lee Wee, The New York Times | 01.21.2019

HONG KONG — A Chinese scientist who claimed to have created the world’s first genetically edited babies “seriously violated” state...

Bensalem police car parked in front of fence
By Heather Murphy, The New York Times | 01.21.2019

BENSALEM, Pa. — They call it the “magic box.” Its trick is speedy, nearly automated processing of DNA.

“It’s groundbreaking...

Two twin girls with brown hair standing next to each other
By Charlsie Agro and Luke Denne, CBC | 01.18.2019

One set of identical twins, two different ancestry profiles.

At least that's the suggestion from one of the world's largest...

DNA inside a syringe on a blue background.
By Françoise Baylis and Marcy Darnovsky, The Hastings Center | 01.17.2019

Despite the appearance of agreement, scientists are not of the same mind about the ethics and governance of human germline...

Old black and white photograph of young James Watson
By Mary Papenfuss, Huffington Post | 01.14.2019

Nobel laureate James Watson has been stripped of honorary titles by the laboratory he once led after spewing more racist...

Stem cells in syringe being injected into knee
By Max Levy, Vox | 01.13.2019

Inside Mark Berman’s clinic in Rancho Mirage, California, is a sign he’s obliged by law to post. It reads “Not...

Blue double helix DNA strand on dark blue background
By Jing-Bao Nie and Alexander T.M. Cheung, The Hastings Center | 01.10.2019

In their single-minded venture of “producing” (shengchan, in their own word) the world’s first gene-edited babies, He Jiankui and...