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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 Phys.org, Phys.org | 01.13.2016

Sperm that don't swim well rank high among the main causes of infertility. To give these cells a boost, women...

By Fiona MacRae, The Daily Mail [UK] | 01.13.2016
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Genetically-modified human embryos could be made in a British lab within months.

The fertility regulator will meet tomorrow...

By Andelka Phillips, The Conversation | 01.12.2016
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Getting your DNA sequenced is now so cheap and easy that you don’t need to see a medical...

By Lisa M. Krieger, Contra Costa Times | 01.11.2016
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BURLINGAME -- On the kitchen table of his cramped apartment, Josiah Zayner is performing the feat that is...

By Tina Vasquez, RH Reality Check | 01.11.2016
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California sexual and reproductive health organizations were dismayed to find that Gov. Jerry Brown’s $170.7 billion budget proposal...

By Natalie Morton & Sarah Bell, BBC News | 01.11.2016

The number of women using donated sperm to get pregnant is rising, but many find the cost of treatment at...

By Dane Halpin & Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Bangkok Post [Thailand] | 01.10.2016
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The evidence comprised little more than a data table, printed on a single sheet of paper. To Jane...

By Matthew Herper, Forbes | 01.10.2016
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What if a simple blood test could detect any cancer early, when it was still easy to treat...