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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...

A scientist in a lab coat concentrates on writing on a test tube sample. He is surrounded by lab equipment, including pipettes, liquid solutions, and test tube racks.
By Faye Flam, Bloomberg | 01.23.2018

It can feel shocking when someone disparages a golden person, thing or technology -- and in recent years, no emerging...

A baby's fingers grasps an adult's finger.
By Hu Yuwei, Global Times | 01.22.2018

A Chinese woman surnamed Lin who paid 450,000 yuan ($69,200) for a baby delivered by a surrogate Cambodian mother now...

An infusion pump and bag filled with liquid is placed on a stand in a hospital room.
By Kristen V. Brown, Gizmodo | 01.22.2018

In the U.S., the first planned clinical trials of CRISPR gene editing in people are about to kick off...

Uncooked white rice in a circular bowl container.
By Bai Tiantian, Global Times | 01.22.2018

A genetically modified (GM) rice product developed by a group of Chinese scientists has acquired the US Food and Drug...

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By Zoë Corbyn, The Guardian | 01.21.2018

My sisters, aged 27 and 30, are seated at their computers poring over the slick websites of companies promising to...

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By Andria Borba and Molly McCrea, CBS SF Bay Area | 01.21.2018

Young women see the ads on their Facebook feeds, in a college newspaper, even posted on Craig’s List.

They read...

Close up of a pregnant belly covered by a t-shirt. A hand gently rests caressing its side. The picture is filtered with gray scale.
By Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian | 01.19.2018

A new advanced test for Down’s syndrome to be offered to pregnant women this year raises the prospect of people...

A medical expert wearing gloves and a white coat, hold a needle as a patient extends their arm.
By Michael White, Pacific Standard Magazine | 01.18.2018

Last year will be remembered for many things, many of them not good. But here's at...