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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 lab scientist views a petri dish that is illuminated by a microscope light.
By Kelly Murray, CNN | 02.09.2017

In the not-so-distant future, research suggests, eggs and sperm may no longer be needed to make a baby -- at...

Two male scientists view a DNA sequence
By Claire Ainsworth, Nature | 02.07.2017

The intricate development of the fetus is yielding its long-held secrets to state-of-the-art molecular technologies that can make use of

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Black and white image of an alarm clock. Its time reads 11:55:30 seconds
By Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times [cites Marcy Darnovsky] | 02.03.2017

Evangelina Padilla Vaccaro of Corona is the new face of stem cell science in California. Born with “bubble baby” disease that...

Apples are displayed in a grocery market's produce stand.
By Dana Perls, STAT | 02.02.2017

The apple that never browns wants to change your mind about genetically modified foods.”

That headline in the Washington Post...

Illustrated image of a human hand holding a pipette onto three test tubes. The pipette appears to be inserting an onion sample. The test tubes have arrows pointing to an incubator labeled "PCR." Together, this image suggests to be a Do-It-Yourself Kit.
By Kristen V. Brown, Gizmodo | 01.31.2017

David Ishee’s plan was simple, if not exactly free of complication. From the shed that functions as his laboratory in...

Two generic passports are covered by a stamp block turned on its side.
By Chelsea Whyte, New Scientist | 01.31.2017

On Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that denies Syrian refugees entry to the US, suspends all refugee admissions for...

The belly of a pregnant woman lying down is featured. The photo is filtered in sepia tone.
By Jean Hopfensperger, Star Tribune | 01.28.2017

Battle pits infertile couples against faith groups, who call it "renting a womb." 

Ann and Chris Carda received a phone...

A woman is resting on a hospital bed
By Emily Woodruff, STAT | 01.28.2017

When Catherine Fonseca volunteered as an egg donor, the intake form asked for her SAT scores.

It did not ask...