EditorialDr. Terry Jackson, whose experience with sickle cell disease motivated him to earn a Ph.D. in genetics, in his hobby garden at his home in Petersburg, Va., Dec. 19, 2022. (Carlos Bernate/The New York Times)
EditorialDavid Mittelman, chief executive of Othram, with his wife Kristen Mittelman, Othram’s chief development officer in their genetics lab in The Woodlands, Texas, on March 24, 2022. (Michael Stravato/The New York Times)
EditorialKrystal Tsosie, a genetics researcher at Vanderbilt University and a member of the Navajo Nation, at Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz. on June 23, 2021. (Tomás Karmelo Amaya/The New York Times)