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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...

Indian woman sitting on bed holding a baby surrounded by two other Indian women
By Olinda Timms, The Wire | 02.03.2018

As one country responds with a ban on commercial surrogacy, the market just shifts to the next unregulated destination. An...

Three diploid chromosomes
By Carolyn Abraham, The Globe and Mail | 02.03.2018

Ever since DNA was first used in 1986 to catch a killer, it's swashbuckled its way through society as an almost infallible...

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By Japan Times, Japan Times | 02.02.2018

Lawyers in five cities set up telephone counseling hotlines Friday for individuals who were forced into sterilization or affected by...

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By Pete Shanks, Medium | 02.02.2018

Let’s Not Distort Debates about Human Cloning and Heritable Gene Editing

Cloning is back in the headlines. Researchers managed to...

Pregnant woman holding her stomach
By Ian Sample, The Guardian | 02.01.2018

Doctors in Newcastle have been granted permission to create Britain’s first “three-person babies” for two women who are at risk...

Scientist using pipette in a green solution.
By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 01.31.2018

Toxic effects seen in animals raise questions about new gene therapies for children.

An influential scientist involved in gene therapy’s...

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By Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post | 01.27.2018

Brigitte Adams caused a sensation four years ago when she appeared on the cover of Bloomberg Businessweek under the headline...

Black and white photo of the palm of an adult's hands  holding a newborn's feet.
By Leila Fadel, NPR | 01.26.2018

Aiden and Ethan Dvash-Banks share pretty much everything. The 16-month-old twins were born four minutes apart, from the same womb...