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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...

Close-up of a sleeping newborn baby whose hand is held by an adult with slender fingers.
By Amy B. Wang, Washington Post | 10.28.2017

Jessica Allen was already the mother of two boys when she decided to become a surrogate.

The pay she would...

Microscopic image of IVF process
By Hille Haker, Leaps Magazine | 10.26.2017

Over the last few decades, the international community has issued several bioethical guidelines and legally binding documents, ranging from UN...

Silhouette against a  spotlight in the distance, of two hands putting together two pieces of a puzzle.
By Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, New York Times | 10.26.2017

The members of my family share a number of traits, but not one of them looks quite like me.

Many...

Close up of a transparent human model displayed in the Human Genome - Emerging Technologies Gallery - Science Exploration Hall in Kolkata. The model has repeating letters ATCG written in black.
By Nicola Davis, The Guardian | 10.25.2017

A breakthrough in “chemical surgery” that can correct a type of genetic mutation behind a host of diseases has been...

March for Science protesters sit and stand on staircase, and hold various signs and banners. In the background is the San Francisco Embarcadero.
By Ed Yong, The Atlantic | 10.25.2017

An open letter, signed by current and former members of the group, set off the latest round of complaints about...

Empty medical supplies are gathered in a tray in a pile.
By Center for Genetics and Society, National Health Service | 10.24.2017
  1. Thank you for the opportunity to contribute evidence toward your investigation of genomics and genome editing in the NHS. 
  2. The Center for Genetics...
A group of scientists dressed in lab coats and protective glasses and gloves, are huddled together at a desk, looking with deep interest as the central scientists holds a specimen.
By Simine Vazire, Slate | 10.24.2017

The New York Times Magazine story on Amy Cuddy brings up extremely important problems in science. But we cannot equate...

A grayscale image of a person's hand is shown, as it gently holds a colorful image of earth in their hands.
By Françoise Baylis, Healthy Debate | 10.24.2017

A 20th anniversary celebration of the Oviedo Convention begins today, October 24, in Strasbourg, France. The goal of this international conference...