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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 Ewen Callaway, Nature News | 04.19.2016
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At the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Fredrik Lanner is preparing to edit genes in human embryos. It’s the...

Wikimedia: "The Princeton University Class of 1879, which included Woodrow Wilson, Mahlon Pitney, Daniel Barringer, and Charles Talcott."
By Barron Lerner, Forbes | 04.19.2016
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Princeton University’s decision to keep Woodrow Wilson’s name on a series of buildings and programs is the...

By Sital Kalantry, Women's eNews | 04.19.2016
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You may have never heard of the word PRENDA. But the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee held...

By Kira Peikoff, The New York Times | 04.18.2016
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The couple wanted a baby boy, but the male embryo they had chosen — the only one available...

By Todd Bookman, NPR | 04.18.2016
Untitled Document Erika Stallings' mom was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 28. When it came back in...
By Emily Waltz, Nature | 04.14.2016

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will not regulate a mushroom genetically modified with the gene-editing tool CRISPR–Cas9.

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By Latin American Herald Tribune, Latin American Herald Tribune | 04.14.2016

MEXICO CITY – After countries such as India and Thailand restricted the “rent-a-womb” option for foreigners, Mexico is emerging as...

By Ben Westcott and Zhuang Pinghui, South China Morning Post | 04.13.2016

A Chinese medical team’s attempt to genetically alter human embryos to make them resistant to HIV has raised questions in...