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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 Rebecca Strong, BostInno | 07.13.2015
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Today, there are no shortage of options when it comes to starting a family without traditional conception. But...

By Azeen Ghorayshi, BuzzFeed | 07.12.2015
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Last month, 30-year-old Alicia Routh got an email from the fertility clinic where she had previously donated dozens...

By Andrew Gelman & Kaiser Fung, The Daily Beast | 07.11.2015
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A few weeks ago in this space, we wrote about the bias toward sensationalist science reporting:  lazy...

By Andrew Gelman & Kaiser Fung, The Daily Beast | 07.11.2015
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A few weeks ago in this space, we wrote about the bias toward sensationalist science reporting: lazy...

By Celeste Orr, The Guardian | 07.11.2015
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“Designer babies” seems like a concept from a dystopian future, but they’re here now: would-be parents who utilize...

By Jonathan Gitlin, ArsTechnica | 07.08.2015

A recent Ars feature story about genetic screening generated quite a lively debate in the discussion thread. However, it also...

By Bill Foster, The Hill | 07.08.2015

It is rare that prominent members of the scientific community come together to warn our leaders of technological breakthroughs that...

By Brian Deese & Stephanie Devaney, Office of Science and Technology Policy | 07.08.2015
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In January 2015, President Obama launched the Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI), a bold new research effort to revolutionize...