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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 Nature Editorial, Nature Editorial | 08.17.2016

More than one million people have now had their genome sequenced, or its protein-coding regions (the exome). The hope is...

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 08.17.2016
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A junior scientist formerly employed by the Broad Institute says the storied MIT-Harvard institution’s claim to have invented...

By Ziyaad Bhorat, openDemocracy | 08.17.2016
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In the last 70 years we’ve come a long way towards unraveling the building blocks of human life...

By Sharon Begley, STAT | 08.16.2016
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The meter is running like mad on the dispute over key patents on CRISPR genome editing. In its...

By Dyllan Furness, Digital Trends | 08.15.2016
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Right now, for just $140, you can get your hands on one of the most powerful gene-editing tools...

By Rebecca Robbins, STAT | 08.15.2016
Athletes are keeping their distance from a genetic test for concussion risks Boosters have billed it as the cheek swab that...
By Sarah Zhang, WIRED | 08.15.2016
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WHAT DO YOU when you’re so clearly winning? When you’ve crushed your competitors and left them fighting over...

By John M. Hein, The Sacramento Bee | 08.13.2016
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Dramatic advances in science and technology are leading us into an unknown future with little citizen awareness, and...