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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...

Mary Mallon, foreground, became known as Typhoid Mary and died after being quarantined for 23 years. (Wikimedia)
By Donald G. McNeil, Jr., The New York Times | 10.29.2016

The alleged “Patient Zero” of the American AIDS epidemic — a French Canadian flight attendant named Gaétan Dugas, who died...

Landscape photo of green field and a blue sky with clouds.
By Danny Hakim, The New York Times | 10.29.2016

LONDON — The controversy over genetically modified crops has long focused on largely unsubstantiated fears that they are unsafe to...

Colin Kaepernick dressed in 49'er uniform, is glancing to his right shoulder.
By Shaun King, New York Daily News | 10.29.2016

"Dad. Does Colin still have a game on Sunday?"

The question was a smart one for any football fan to...

George Church is the central subject of the photo, with book shelves in the background.
By Ike Swelitz, Stat News | 10.28.2016

The research group behind an effort to synthesize a human genome this week released more information about its plans, including a draft...

8 illustrations of sperm cells meet in the middle of a surrounding circle of British flags. rolled up.
By Laura Lea, BBC | 10.27.2016

The UK's first national sperm bank has stopped recruiting donors less than two years after its launch, it has emerged

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Lamp post sign reads "Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Visitor's Center." On the building is a sign that is directed to the sun light. Its shadow reads: "Today's problems are solvable"
By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 10.27.2016

Nonprofits and corporations are in a race to fight dengue and Zika.

The fight against dengue and Zika in Latin...

Wine is poured over the top of a wine glass. Background is left unfocused with lights.
By Rebecca Robbins, STAT News | 10.27.2016

A new wine delivery service called Vinome is promising to deliver “the ultimate personalized wine experience” — customized to your DNA...

A hand shows a sample collection tube from 23andMe kit.
By Stephanie M. Lee, BuzzFeed | 10.26.2016

Genetics startup 23andMe has let go of a team of scientists and a top executive as it has stopped pursuing

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