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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 wall displays letters " ATCG" in various colors.
By Dave Roos, Seeker [cites Marcy Darnovsky] | 06.06.2017

A new study offers a cautionary tale for using the widely hyped gene-editing tool CRISPR on people.

The gene-editing technology...

Historical marker in Raleigh, North Carolina H116 which states, "Eugenics Board: State action led to the sterilization by choice or coercion of over 7,600 people, 1933-1973. Met after 1939 one block E."
By Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press | 06.06.2017

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Some surviving relatives of people involuntarily sterilized by the state of North Carolina decades ago can't...

A mail-in kit, containing four long cotton swabs, placed in an envelope, with place holders for each cotton swab.
By Daniel Munro, Maclean's | 06.05.2017

The risks from home-based genetic testing kits to privacy as well as people’s health appear far greater than the supposed

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Black and white photo of a child's hand touching a parent's palm.
By Lindsay King-Miller, Rewire | 06.02.2017

Protecting abortion access for her, especially as conservatives try to push the definition of "life" earlier and earlier, feels just

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A hammer is shown in the middle, with several nails attached to a wooden board. The nails are dented and bent.
By Jim Kozubek, Boston Globe | 06.01.2017

Methadone Mile is a stretch of road along Massachusetts Avenue that begins in the South End and stretches north to...

A pregnant woman of color sits at a bench and table, looking down. Behind her, there is a lake and a tree trunk.
By Bernice Yeung and Jonathan Jones, Reveal News | 06.01.2017

In 1992, Congress passed a law to help protect in vitro fertilization patients after a series of scandals. It created...

Surrounded by a darkened vignette, a doctor stands looking down towards the camera against two overhead lights. It is as if the camera or viewer is undergoing surgery.
By Bernice Yeung and Jonathan Jones, Reveal News | 06.01.2017

Malissa Pineda was lying on her living room couch when her cellphone rang.

The caller’s voice sounded calm but insistent...

A person suited in bioharzard gear, examines a sample of corn in a field.
By Ken Roseboro, EcoWatch | 06.01.2017

Twenty years ago, proponents of genetic engineering promised that GMO foods would increase yields, reduce pesticides, produce nutritious foods...