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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 Sara Reardon, Nature News | 04.24.2015
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In the wake of the first ever report that scientists have edited the genomes of human embryos, experts...

By Jordan Smith, The Intercept | 04.24.2015

Last week, The Washington Post revealed that in 268 trials dating back to 1972, 26 out of 28 examiners within the FBI...

By Lauren F Friedman, Business Insider | 04.23.2015

News broke on Wednesday that a team of Chinese scientists had edited the genes of human embryos for the first...

By Rob Stein, NPR | 04.23.2015

For the first time, scientists have edited DNA in human embryos, a highly controversial step long considered off limits.

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By Maggie Fox, NBC News | 04.23.2015
Chinese scientists have caused an uproar by trying to permanently edit the DNA of human embryos — created genetic changes...
By Sara Reardon, Nature News | 04.23.2015

Mothers may one day be able to prevent their children from inheriting mitochondrial defects. Therapies that modify diseased eggs are...

By David Cyranoski & Sara Reardon, Nature News | 04.22.2015

In a world first, Chinese scientists have reported editing the genomes of human embryos. The results are published1 in...

By Carl Zimmer, National Geographic | 04.22.2015

Earlier this week, Chinese researchers reported that they edited the genes of human embryos using a new technique called CRISPR...