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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...

Illustrated color drawing the inside of a person's head, with the brain exposed. On the right side, there are social and creative activities in place. Grass surround  this side of the brain. On the left side, people are working in cubicles.
By Jim Kozubek, Scientific American | 09.23.2016

Not now, certainly, but maybe someday—although there are plenty of hurdles to overcome first

A letter was recently published in Nature ...

Landscape photo of an agricultural field. In the middle of the green field, there is a tractor.
By Sharon Begley, STAT | 09.22.2016

Agriculture giant Monsanto has licensed CRISPR-Cas9 genome-editing technology from the Broad Institute for use in seed development, the company announced on...

A matrix tunnel of big data and numbers
By Cyrus Farivar, ARS Technica | 09.22.2016

A Kuwaiti lawyer has filed a formal constitutional challenge to his country’s controversial mandatory DNA law, which is reportedly set...

Illustrated clipboard, with three check marks on a generic list.
By Hannah Beech, Time | 09.21.2016

China is looking for quality sperm. Ever since the nation loosened its one-child family-planning policy earlier this year, its sperm...

A chaotic illustration of a DNA strand
By Heidi Ledford, Nature | 09.21.2016

Geneticist George Church has pioneered methods for sequencing and altering genomes. He has been called a founding father of synthetic...

A public hearing is in session, angled as if the viewer was in the audience facing the representative officials.
By Alexandra Ossola, Scientific American | 09.21.2016

Earlier this month the U.S. Food and Drug Administration opened its doors to public commentary on its newest guidelines on...

A clock is featured in the background of a stack of coins.
By Eyder Peralta, NPR | 09.21.2016

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative just announced one of its biggest investments to date: It is ponying up more than $3...