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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...

Daniel Kevles, Professor Emeritus of History, History of Medicine & American Studies, and Adjunct Professor, Law School, Yale University
By Emily McManus, TED Ideas | 05.05.2016
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An exploration of the ethics around CRISPR’s gene-snipping technology yields new insights on how to harness biotechnology that’s powerful enough to alter humanity.

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By Eric Boodman, STAT | 05.04.2016
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At what point should a scientist stop doing experiments on a human embryo in a Petri dish?

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By Patrick Monahan, Science/AAAS | 05.04.2016
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It’s easy to obey a rule when you don’t have the means to break it. For decades, many...

By Randeep Ramesh, The Guardian [US] | 05.04.2016
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When it was revealed that Google’s London-based company DeepMind would be able to access the NHS records of...

By Ellen Trachman, Above the Law | 05.04.2016
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Two weeks ago, the Louisiana House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure advanced House Bill 1102. The bill...

Cas9 enyzme used in CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing.
By Jocelyn Kaiser, Science/AAAS | 05.03.2016
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This week, scientists will gather in Washington, D.C., for an annual meeting devoted to gene therapy—a long-struggling...

By Sarah Knapton, The Telegraph [UK] | 05.03.2016

Untitled Document A groundbreaking trial to see if it is possible to regenerate the brains of dead people, has won...

By Eli Y. Adashi, The JAMA Forum | 05.03.2016
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In a first, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) of the United Kingdom recently approved a research...