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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...

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By Cecilia Kang & Michael D. Shear, New York Times | 03.30.2017

WASHINGTON — On the fourth floor of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, the staff of the White House chief technology...

Retina scan of an eye.
By David Cyranoski, Nature | 03.28.2017

World-first transplant, used to treat macular degeneration, represents a major step forward in movement to create banks of ready-made stem

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Pile of unused feminine hygiene products, including pads and tampons
By Clare Wilson, New Scientist | 03.28.2017

It’s ovulation in the lab. A simulated female reproductive system behaves almost like the real thing over 28 days.

“Menstruation...

A clock is infinitely spiraling downward.
By Nicole Hemmer , Vox | 03.28.2017

“[Geert] Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny,” Iowa Rep. Steve King tweeted earlier this month, referring to...

Close-up of a mosquito
By Kerry Grens, The Scientist | 03.28.2017

In an effort to prevent the spread of Zika virus, Harris County officials are in discussions with Oxitec to release

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A woman is laying on a doctor's bed, undergoing an ultra-sound examination.
By Angela Mulholland, CTV News | 03.28.2017

Many Canadians who have turned to assisted reproductive technologies over the past 10 years are now eligible for a retroactive...

Street art illustrating a double helix. In between there appears human hands as if imprisoned by the strands.
By Anthony O'Reilly, Queens Chronicle | 03.27.2017

The DNA subcommittee of the state Commission on Forensic Science Monday unanimously approved the use of familial testing in New...

Black and white photo displaying two police motor bikes.
By Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic | 03.27.2017

Bioethicists studying a small program in Dallas were surprised by what they found.

Sara Katsanis, a bioethicist at Duke University...