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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 Alan Yuhas and Kamala Kelkar, The Guardian | 02.12.2016
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A senior geneticist and a bioethicist warned on Friday that they fear “rogue scientists” operating outside the bounds...

By Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times | 02.12.2016
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A California agency funded by taxpayers is considering whether it should support scientific research aimed at genetically modifying...

By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 02.12.2016
Untitled Document The Center for Genetics and Society, which has been monitoring human gene editing for the past few...
By Françoise Baylis and Janet Rossant, The Walrus | 02.12.2016

It reads like an all-caps typo from the technical manual that comes taped to the side of a new refrigerator. But CRISPR is...

By Dina Fine Maron, Scientific American | 02.12.2016
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The revolutionary gene-editing technology poised to reshape how researchers attack and prevent disease yesterday received a lukewarm reception...

By Editorial, The Boston Globe | 02.12.2016
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As interest in alternative medicines has risen, so has the number of clinics pushing the supposed benefits...

By Sharon Begley, STAT | 02.11.2016
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Most Americans oppose using powerful new technology to alter the genes of unborn babies, according to a new poll...

By Arielle Duhaime-Ross, The Verge | 02.09.2016
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Sure Genomics, a startup based in Utah, launched a genetic testing service today that costs a whopping...