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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...

A computer generated animation of a cross-section of a human heart beating.
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN | 06.18.2018

In our human genome, there are many elusive genetic variants related to medical conditions, but the impact of these...

MyGene Genetic Testing Kit including 2 swabs for collecting samples and ID card for customer
By Rob Stein, NPR | 06.18.2018

Rita Adele Steyn's mother had a double mastectomy in her 40s because she had so many lumps in her breasts...

An artist's rendering of a futuristic-looking human figure made up of nitrogenous bases A, T, C, and G.
By Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 06.16.2018

The business of personal genetic-testing kits is booming, with consumers able to learn about their ancestry and health risks at...

A pregnant woman in a pink dress holds her stomach.
By Elizabeth Katkin, Marie Claire | 06.15.2018

After six miscarriages, six fresh in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles, two frozen IVF cycles, and one healthy not yet two-year-old...

Close up photograph of a white "delete" key from an Apple computer.
By Kristen V. Brown, Bloomberg | 06.15.2018

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In the name of journalism, I have spit into a lot of test tubes.

I’ve sent samples...

Close up of a light brown chihuahua's head gazing at the camera against a grey background.
By CBC Canada, CBC News | 06.14.2018

A suspected Indian status scam that told a man he shared genetic ancestry with a dog should serve as a reminder...

Blue-tinted image of a human oocyte pierced by a needle.
By John D. Loike and Alan Kadish, The Scientist [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 06.14.2018

On June 7, news reports emerged that Valery Zukin, director of Nadiya Clinic of Reproductive Medicine in Ukraine...

Microscope image of one human stem cell. Dark blue.
By Carl Zimmer, The New York Times | 06.12.2018

Human cells resist gene editing by turning on defenses against cancer, ceasing reproduction and sometimes dying, two teams of scientists...