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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 David Cyranoski, Nature News | 03.12.2015
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Amid rumours that precision gene-editing techniques have been used to modify the DNA of human embryos, researchers have...

By Ron Winslow, Wall Street Journal | 03.12.2015
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23andMe Inc., the personal genetics company, has sold enough DNA spit kits to accumulate genetic information on 850,000...

By Sarah C. P. Williams, Science News | 03.12.2015
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You’re not completely human, at least when it comes to the genetic material inside your cells. You—and everyone...

By Editorial, Washington Post Editorial | 03.11.2015

WHAT’S THE point of spending millions of dollars on a crime lab if people don’t trust its findings and won’t...

By Editorial, Los Angeles Times | 03.11.2015
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A procedure newly approved in Britain allows babies to be conceived with DNA from three parents — a...

By John Whitehead, The Blaze | 03.11.2015
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Every dystopian sci-fi film we’ve ever seen is suddenly converging into this present moment in a dangerous trifecta...

By Hank Campbell, Science 2.0 | 03.11.2015
Untitled Document A decade ago there was a culture war surrounding human embryonic stem cells - people assumed it was...
By Marcin Goettig, Reuters [Poland] | 03.10.2015
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Poland's government approved a draft bill to regulate in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment on Tuesday, in a move aimed...