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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...

Two feet standing on a scale
By Kristen V. Brown, Bloomberg | 01.08.2019

Consumer DNA-testing giant 23andMe Inc. plans to add new wellness offerings it hopes will help its customers shed a few...

A macro photo of human cells.
By Roberto Andorno and Alicia Ely Yamin, Open Global Rights | 01.08.2019

The gene-editing scandal that made headlines in late November, with researcher He Jiankui claiming to have created twin girls...

Person coming out of double helix DNA strand
By Kevin Mitchell, Scientific American | 01.07.2019

Is our future written in our genes? Recent developments in genetics give the impression of a rapidly increasing ability to...

Blue strand of double helix DNA on black background
By Ken Richardson, Nautilus | 01.03.2019

We’ve all seen the stark headlines: “Being Rich and Successful Is in Your DNA” (Guardian, July 12); “A...

Two parents holding a baby
By Carolyn Y. Johnson, The Washington Post | 01.03.2019

Within 24 hours of giving birth to a healthy baby girl, Lauren Stetson grappled with a dilemma: whether to enroll...

J. Benjamin Hurlbut
By J. Benjamin Hurlbut, Nature | 01.02.2019

Leaders in the scientific community are urgently seeking to set international standards for producing genetically modified humans. They are reacting...

By Ariana Eunjung Cha, The Washington Post | 12.31.2018

Danielle Lloyd, a former Miss Great Britain and celebrity mother of four boys, wants to guarantee that her next baby...

Mother and child holding each other and posing in the street.
By Ariana Eunjung Cha, The Washington Post | 12.27.2018

Logan Andreotta had been told she was an ideal candidate for in vitro fertilization. Though unable to get pregnant, the...