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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...

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By Rob Stein, National Public Radio | 09.24.2018

For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that a controversial new kind of genetic engineering can rapidly spread a self-destructive...

Half-put together puzzle depicting strands of DNA, in a spotlight
By Linda Geddes, The Guardian | 09.21.2018

Evie Walker sits on her mother’s lap, playing a game she never grows tired of: turning her mother’s hand over...

Woman in lab coat looking at test tubes
By Greg Hampikian, The New York Times | 09.21.2018

Before you give the police a DNA sample, read an alarming new study of crime laboratories published this summer, the...

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By Rob Stein, National Public Radio | 09.20.2018

Scientists say they have taken a potentially important — and possibly controversial — step toward creating human eggs in a...

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By Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic | 09.19.2018

In 2014, Ralph Taylor applied to have his insurance company in Washington State certified as a “disadvantaged business enterprise.” The ...

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By Mara Gordon, National Public Radio | 09.19.2018

When patients come to Dr. Molly Quinn for infertility treatments, they usually aren't too interested in hearing about the possible...

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By Matthew Weaver, The Guardian | 09.18.2018

The fertility regulator has called for DNA testing websites to warn customers about the risks of uncovering traumatic family secrets...

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By Amber Haque, BBC | 09.17.2018

Labour is calling for a ban on parents-to-be being told the sex of their baby after early blood tests, amid...