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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 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic | 04.27.2018

When the East Area Rapist broke into the home of his first victim in 1976, human DNA had not yet...

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By Rachel Becker, The Verge | 04.26.2018

A veteran of the US Armed Forces has a new penis and scrotum after the most extensive penis transplant yet, ...

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By Telesur, Telesur TV | 04.26.2018

At least 2,000 people have filed lawsuits against the sterilizations, and official data says that 18 women died as a

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By Samantha Young, The Washington Post | 04.25.2018

Rosie Zaballos liked to host playtime tea parties and was sweet to everyone she met. But her older brother worried...

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By Eric Boodman, STAT | 04.25.2018

As soon as she saw her baby, Sarah Yaroch knew. Her father had the disorder, as did her nephew...

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By Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times | 04.24.2018

One day last March, Kristin Comella took to the podium at a conference sponsored by the Academy of Regenerative Practices...

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By Kathleen Pierce, Nursing Clio | 04.24.2018

The direct-to-consumer genetic testing company 23andme has recently been described by journalist Erika Check Hayden as a “unicorn.”1 For...

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By Jennifer Schmidt and Thomas Lu, NPR | 04.23.2018

The day was June 4, 1924. A dark-haired girl, just 17 years old, was admitted to the Virginia State Colony...

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