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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 Daniela Hernandez, The Huffington Post | 04.06.2015

In 1984, a genealogy geek named John Sittner published The Source, a book meant to unearth and analyze never-before-seen...

By Ashley Csanady, National Post | 04.06.2015

Scientists around the world are anticipating the results of a Chinese study that would mark the first time DNA in...

By Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post | 04.04.2015
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Seated at the head of a table for 12 with a view of the city’s soaring skyline, Peter...

By Patricia J. Williams, The Nation | 04.03.2015
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For those unaware of how much biotechnology is changing the very nature of human identity, now is the...

By Jenny Rood, The Scientist | 04.03.2015
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On April 15, 2014, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) awarded the first patent for use the...

By Bernadette Tansey, Xconomy | 04.02.2015
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Caribou Biosciences, one of the biotech startups working to advance a much-watched new technology for precise gene...

By Heidi Ledford, Nature News | 04.01.2015
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A tweak to a technique that edits DNA with pinpoint precision has boosted its ability to correct defective...

By Julie Steenhuysen, Reuters | 04.01.2015
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A Roche blood test to screen fetuses for Down syndrome worked far better than standard prenatal screening tests...