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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 Evan Pondel, LA Daily News | 04.23.2006
Her credentials read like any college graduate applying for a job, but instead of seeking employment, Angel is selling her...
By By Jennifer Bails and Luis Fabregas, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | 04.23.2006
The University of Pittsburgh's lax policies and disregard for federal guidelines allowed biologist Gerald Schatten to participate in one of...
By Paul Elias, Associated Press | 04.22.2006
SAN FRANCISCO -- California's $3 billion stem cell research institute won an important victory with a court ruling rejecting challenges...
By Marcy Darnovsky | 04.22.2006

Abstract of a presentation at Is There a Global Bioethics? Moral, Legal, and International Norms in Bioscience, New York, NY...

By Terri Somers, San Diego Union Tribune | 04.16.2006
CHICAGO _ Despite the hype and debate about stem cell research, there are very few stem cell-based therapies and therefore...
By Sacramento Bee, Sacramento Bee | 04.16.2006

Frustrated by lawsuits that have held up funding for California's $3 billion stem cell research institute, some of San Francisco's...

By Jennifer Washburn, Los Angeles Times | 04.12.2006
CALIFORNIA'S $3-billion stem cell program has encountered repeated setbacks since it was approved by voters 17 months ago. Now it...
By Carolyn Marshall, New York Times | 04.11.2006
SAN FRANCISCO, April 10 _ California's program to study embryonic stem cells awarded its first round of grants Monday, drawing...