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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...

By Derek Lowe, Science AAAS | 07.08.2016

Late yesterday afternoon, Matthew Herper broke the news that Juno Therapeutics had had their CAR-T leukemia trial put on hold...

By Chuck Stern, BTRtoday | 07.08.2016

What if we could fix a broken moral compass? According to bioethicist and sociologist James J. Hughes of the Institute...

By Andrew Pollack, The New York Times | 07.08.2016

Federal regulators have barred Elizabeth Holmes, chief executive of Theranos, from owning or operating a medical laboratory for at least...

By Kevin Ellis, Shelby Star | 07.07.2016

A bill passed by the the U.S. House this week would help victims of forced sterilization programs from being hurt...

By Ryan Gabrielson & Topher Sanders, The New York Times | 07.07.2016

Amy Albritton can’t remember if her boyfriend signaled when he changed lanes late that August afternoon in 2010. But suddenly...

By Sarah Hartley, The Conversation | 07.07.2016

Genetically modified crops are safe for human consumption and have the potential to feed the world and improve human health...

By Barack Obama, The Boston Globe | 07.07.2016

Health care is always personal. As science and technology have advanced, it’s become possible to make it personalized as...

By Jocelyn Kaiser, Science Magazine | 07.07.2016

President Barack Obama’s ambitious 1-million-person personalized medicine study began to take shape this week with the announcement of four medical...