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Justin Schleede reaches onto a black lab bench to pick up a tray of small plastic tubes.

"These are saliva samples as well as blood," says Schleede, a geneticist who runs Herasight Inc.'s lab in Morrisville, N.C. "We also...

This is the 15th 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. You can read the first part here. The series...

"If proven to be safe, we believe preventive gene editing could be one of the most important health technologies of...

WILLIAM BATESON, a foundational figure in the science of genetics at the turn of the last century, once recounted the...

By Diane Rehm, The Diane Rehm Show | 10.28.2013

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When the human genome was mapped a decade ago, the ability to uncover...

By Ferris Jabr, Scientific American | 10.28.2013

Sometime in the not-too-distant future, Marie and Antonio Freeman step into a doctor’s office to design their next child.

“Your...

By Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times | 10.27.2013
In today's world, brimful as it is with opinion and falsehoods masquerading as facts, you'd think the one place you...
By Oliver Wainwright, The Guardian | 10.27.2013
A ripe round of brie sits next to a block of farmhouse cheddar, emitting a pungent aroma not dissimilar to...
By David Dobbs, Slate | 10.27.2013
If you want a look at a high-profile field dealing with a lot of humbling snags, peer into #ASHG2013...
By Ed Yong, The Scientist | 10.25.2013
In September 2012, a team of Australian scientists claimed to have developed a genetic test that predicts a person’s risk...
By Daniel Martin, The Daily Mail | 10.24.2013
The Chief Medical Officer is to write to all GPs to make it plain that abortions carried out solely on...
By Art Caplan, NBC News | 10.24.2013
If the price was right, would you sell your kidney to someone who desperately needs a transplant? A new article...