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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...

The Canadian flag (Red, White, and the another Red strip with a red maple leaf in the middle of the white section of flag) waving in the trees in front of a large body of water.
By Alana Cattapan and Françoise Baylis, The Star | 05.01.2018

Prime Minister Trudeau has stated it is time for Canadians to have a discussion about payment for surrogacy, eggs, and...

White pregnancy test with a light purple cap on a white background.
By Tracey Loughran, The Conversation | 05.01.2018

To all outward appearances, Louise Brown looked exactly the same as thousands of other babies when her blinking, slightly quizzical...

A shadow of a family of 5 holding hands in front of a sunset. Two parents, two toddlers, and a baby.
By The Scientist Staff, The Scientist | 05.01.2018

It’s a compelling narrative: A parent learns that his or her child has a fatal disease with no cure, and...

A women with black hair in a white tshirt and jeans is walking through a path with greenery on each side holding  lease with a small golden coated dog on the end of it.
By Phil Rogers, Lisa Capitanini, and Courtney Copenhagen, NBC Chicago | 04.30.2018

Confused by the barrage of ads from companies wanting to dissect your personal tastes/family history/longevity/health based on a simple sample...

Large, empty wooden court room. 4 columns are across the wall behind the stand.
By Jon Cohen, Science | 04.30.2018

Here’s a double-negative brain twister with potentially huge financial ramifications and a Nobel Prize resting on the answer: For an...

A pair of two green eyes
By Laurie McGinley and William Wan, The Washington Post | 04.29.2018

Doris Tyler lay on the examining table as the doctor stuck a long, thin tube into her belly. The doctor...

Icon of double helix in white against a circular background of blue
By Tina Hesman Saey, Science News [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 04.29.2018

Using DNA to find a killer sounds easy: Upload some DNA to a database, get a match and — bingo...

The letters A C T G in primary colors descend down a screen
By Gina Kolata and Heather Murphy, The New York Times | 04.27.2018

Genetic testing services have become enormously popular with people looking for long-lost relatives or clues to hereditary diseases. Most never...