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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...

Double stranded helix inside a building with windows surrounding it.
By Deborah Netburn, Los AngelesTimes | 04.23.2018

Biology textbooks may be due for a rewrite.

For the first time, scientists have detected a DNA structure inside living...

A pair of hands are typing on a laptop computer with lines of code across it. There is a black mug with white writing on it in the background of the picture.
By Megan Molteni, Wired | 04.20.2018

Almost exactly a year ago, 23andMe earned the right to tell people what diseases might be lurking in their DNA. Since then...

A women with blonde hair and a white lab coat is sitting at a lab bench plating bacteria on a red medium agar plate.
By Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine | 04.19.2018
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By Jalelah Abu Baker, Channel News Asia | 04.19.2018

SINGAPORE: The Bioethics Advisory Committee (BAC) is reviewing its current stand against genetic modification with regards to genetic disorders passed...

Yellow Tape across a blurred image of a tree with black stripes and the word "CRIME SCENE" written across it.
By Katie Worth, Frontline | 04.19.2018

When the DNA results came back, even Lukis Anderson thought he might have committed the murder.

“I drink a lot,”...

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By Malcolm Ritter, AP [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 04.18.2018

So you want to have a baby.

Would you like a dark-haired girl with a high risk of someday getting...

Men crowded into and on a train in India
By Jasu Hu, The Washington Post | 04.18.2018

Nothing like this has happened in human history. A combination of cultural preferences, government decree and modern medical technology in...

Red blood cells
By Rob Stein, NPR | 04.18.2018

Gene therapy is showing promise for treating one of the most common genetic disorders.

Results of a study published Wednesday...