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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 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | 01.07.2006

A University of Pittsburgh researcher embroiled in an international cloning scandal is seeking to patent technology to create embryonic stem...

By The Korea Herald, The Korea Herald | 01.05.2006

The head of a presidential panel which has been investigating ethical issues related to the research of Hwang Woo-suk offered...

By The Chosun Ilbo, The Chosun Ilbo | 01.04.2006

Korea_s already battered biotech industry faces a fresh challenge from women_s rights activists angry at what they see as a...

By The Korea Times, The Korea Times | 01.03.2006

Korean TV station MBC Tuesday dealt another blow to the country's cloning scientist Hwang Woo-suk, claiming he had forced his...

By Ellen M. McGee, Newsday | 01.03.2006
Humans always have cared about the gender of their offspring and over the centuries have used a variety of means...
By The Sacramento Bee, The Sacramento Bee | 01.01.2006

The South Korean stem cell research scandal could add fuel to state Sen. Deborah Ortiz's efforts to impose stricter controls...

By Sacramento Bee, The Sacramento Bee | 12.29.2005

Can California's $3 billion stem cell institute learn something from the misdeeds of South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-Suk?
It can...

By Stuart Leavenworth, The Sacramento Bee | 12.29.2005
Until this winter, scientist Hwang Woo-Suk was a national hero in South Korea and a giant in the field of...