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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...

Lettuce plants grown indors in white containers.
By Ewen Callaway, Nature | 07.25.2018

Gene-edited crops should be subject to the same stringent regulations as conventional genetically modified (GM) organisms, Europe’s highest court ruled...

Digital illustration of DNA; painted blue on a darker blue background.
By Katherine Lindemann, Research Gate | 07.23.2018

A study released last week suggests that the gene editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 may not be as precise as previously thought...

An image of in vitro fertilization in black and white.
By Heidi Ledford, Nature | 07.23.2018

By 2100, in vitro fertilization (IVF) might account for 3.5% of the global population — some 400 million people...

A lab technician places oocyte vials in storage compartment.
By Peter Goffin, The Globe and Mail | 07.22.2018

A lawsuit filed by a Toronto woman against a fertility clinic that she claims was responsible for the loss of...

Image of goup of people waving pride flag and Israeli flag.
By David Kaufman, Quartz | 07.20.2018

Major strikes are planned across Israel this Sunday (July 22) to protest a new law that essentially excludes LGBT couples...

Image of a recently fertilized egg with few cells.
By Richard Hayes, Financial Times | 07.18.2018

The Nuffield Council’s approval of the creation of genetically modified children is inexcusable (“ Human gene editing morally permissible, says...

Suburban neighborhood on a sunny day with blue skies in the background.
By Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic | 07.17.2018

It was AncestryDNA’s customer-service rep who had to break the news to Catherine St Clair.

For her part, St...

Pipetting fluid into clear test tubes held in a blue container.
By Ian Sample, The Guardian [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 07.17.2018

The creation of babies whose DNA has been altered to give them what parents perceive to be the best chances...