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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...

Spotlight in which a DNA model is projected as a hologram inside of a transparent, square glass bowl.
By Megan Molteni, Wired | 12.11.2017

In late 2012, French microbiologist Emmanuelle Charpentier approached a handful of American scientists about starting a company, a Crispr company...

By Jim Kozubek, Aeon | 12.11.2017

First, let me tell you how smart I am. So smart. My fifth-grade teacher said I was gifted in...

A road is blocked, with a barrier and lights.
By Kristen V. Brown, Gizmodo | 12.11.2017

It seems hard to fathom that scientific progress has advanced to a point where it’s suddenly possible for people to...

Bird's eye view of three scissors that look the same, lined up on a white table. The two on the sides are slightly opened, while the middle is completely closed.
By Rebecca Robbins, STAT | 12.08.2017

CRISPR-Cas9 is complicated.

That’s why scientists, entrepreneurs, and journalists like me have spent the past few years reaching for metaphors...

Three people sit with their backs turned as they look at a massive wall art exhibition of black and white portraits of people's faces.
By Liberty Barnes and Jasmine Fledderjohann, The Conversation | 12.07.2017

Reproductive health is now seen as a basic human right. This includes the ability to have children. Large-scale population...

Rep. Trent Franks speaking with the media
By Mike DeBonis and Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post | 12.07.2017

Rep. Trent Franks, an Arizona Republican who is among the most conservative members of the House, said he would resign...

Microscopic image of red blood cells
By Marilynn Marchione, Associated Press | 12.07.2017

Gene therapy has freed 10 men from nearly all symptoms of hemophilia for a year so far, in a study...

Close-up of a mouse against a white background
By Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times | 12.07.2017

The revolutionary gene editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 is best known for helping scientists edit a strand of DNA more precisely and...