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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...

Microscopic image of oocyte.
By Tom Ashbrook, NPR On Point [features Marcy Darnovsky] | 08.08.2017

After the blockbuster announcement a U.S. team successfully edited human embryos come the tough medical and ethical questions. We’ll talk...

Model of an egg surrounded by sperm, and illuminated by a light angled from above.
By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 08.07.2017

Scientists are trying to manufacture eggs and sperm in the laboratory. Will it end reproduction as we know it?

Let’s...

An empty room with several rows of chairs facing a stage with a screen that reads "FDA"
By Kristen V. Brown, Gizmodo | 08.07.2017

John Zhang, a New York fertility doctor, wanted to push the boundaries of science and fertility by giving women at...

FDA building and sign
By Rachel Becker, The Verge [cites Marcy Darnovsky] | 08.05.2017

On Friday, FDA sent him a letter notifying him of his violations

The doctor who created a genetically modified “three-parent...

An incomplete puzzle featuring an image of a double helix, with several pieces scattered around the puzzle.
By Pam Belluck, New York Times [cites Marcy Darnovsky] | 08.04.2017

Now that science is a big step closer to being able to fiddle with the genes of a human embryo...

A DNA molecule is positioned toward the left. In the background, there are several floating molecules. The background is a gradient blue,
By Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times | 08.03.2017

In a process that can be likened to the creation of GMO crops, scientists have edited genes in human embryos...

Two young girls face each other, and both appear to be using American Sign Language to communicate. They seem to be signing gum, candy, or apple.
By Rachel Kolb and Dakota McCoy, San Francisco Chronicle | 08.03.2017

Last month, researchers in Oregon broke new scientific ground when they used CRISPR/Cas-9 to genetically modify human embryos, a first...

Protesters hold a yellow sign that reads, "race to the bottom??"
By Craig Calhoun, The World Post | 08.03.2017

Unless we pay much more attention to ethical and social choices, we risk turning the promise of gene editing into

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