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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...

Three African scientists working in a lab
By Linda Nordling, Science | 04.18.2018

As the genomics revolution finally turns its attention to Africa and northern researchers flock there to collect data, scientists from...

Sign saying, "Arizona: The Grand Canyon Stat Welcomes You"
By Nita Farahany, wbur | 04.17.2018

Arizona has become the first state in the country to pass a law that would allow frozen embryos to be...

An old type writer with the word "Legislatio" typed out on the first line.
By Samantha Young, The Mercury News | 04.17.2018

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

Black, purple, and blue galaxy in the back with a mirrored image of a young girl looking at each other.
By Claudia Geib, Futurism [cites CGS] | 04.16.2018

If sci-fi writers of the past somehow visited us today, they might wonder: where are all the clones?

As recently...

Brown mouse
By Ashley Yeager, The Scientist | 04.16.2018

Mouse brains make nice homes for human brain organoids, researchers report today (April 16) in Nature Biotechnology.

Brain organoids...

Black and white ultrasound image with a small fetus in the middle
By Chris Kaposy, New York Times | 04.16.2018

My wife’s ultrasound turned up something abnormal in the baby’s heart — an otherwise innocuous feature that correlates with genetic...

5 Individuals are sitting around a white coach work space all engaging in conversation.
By Natasha Singer, New York Times | 04.15.2018

Levi Strauss & Company introduced a novel benefit for employees at its San Francisco headquarters last fall: free genetic screening...

IVF
By Alex Matthews-King, The Independent | 04.13.2018

People hoping to be parents in the UK are being sold “false hope” by foreign IVF clinics claiming success rates...