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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...

Black and white photo, in bug's eye view, looking up at a person balancing on a tightrope.
By Friends of the Earth, Emerging Tech Project | 05.09.2017

The Australian Academy of Sciences has joined a growing number of groups calling for a national discussion on a range...

A laboratory scientist uses s a gloved hand to insert a pipette to remove DNA liquid in micro test tube.
By Paul Sisson, San Diego Tribune | 05.08.2017

One of every three genetic tests examined by a team of researchers at the San Diego Naval Medical Center shouldn’t...

A mother's hands grips a child's hand, who is wearing a bracelet.
By Annie Gowen, Washington Post | 05.08.2017

Members of a Hindu far-right organization called Arogya Bharati say they are working with expectant couples in the country to...

A double helix is stained blue against a black background.
By Ryan Cross, Science Magazine | 05.08.2017

Tuesday morning, more than 200 biologists, businesspeople, and ethicists will converge on the New York Genome Center in New York...

Several filing folders are placed side by side vertically. They have several papers stuffed into them, with old labels around the folder itself.
By Anna Azvolinsky, The Scientist | 05.05.2017

Less than half of completed stem cell studies in humans are published in peer-reviewed journals, according to an analysis of

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A white baby in a business suit, leans in and points at a laptop screen.
By Rachel Lehmann-Haupt, Neo.Life [cites Marcy Darnovsky] | 05.04.2017

Seeing a thousand of my potential progeny gave me a glimpse of new things that future parents will stress over.

“It...

California state flag and US flag fly together in the blue sky.
By Mike McPhate, New York Times [quotes Marcy Darnovksy] | 05.04.2017

More than a decade ago, Californians made a $3 billion wager on the healing potential of stem cell research.

Today...

Lab entrace to GenSpace for DIY biohackers in New York. The entrance has glass windows covered with stickers and a sign that restricts food and drinks. Behind the entrance lies lab equipment,
By Molly Olmstead, Slate | 05.04.2017

Josiah Zayner is the kind of citizen scientist whom journalists like to write about. He left his job as a...