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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 The Times of Trenton, The Times of Trenton | 08.15.2005

TRENTON - The state Commission on Science and Technology yesterday said it will begin accepting applications for the $5 million...

By Sacramento Bee, Sacramento Bee | 08.13.2005

People who suffer a serious medical setback often can't come to grips with it. Paralyzed stroke victims, for instance, sometimes...

By The Times, The Times | 08.12.2005

CLINICS could soon be screening embryos for genes that carry a predisposition to breast cancer and other tumours.

The Human...

By Andrew J. Imparato and Anne C. Sommers, Washington Examiner | 08.10.2005

With the mapping of the human genome, potential for improving the quality of life for people with painful and degenerative...

By Osagie Obasogie, Boston Globe | 08.08.2005

It's a boy! It's a girl! Until the 1970s, these words welcomed virtually every child into the world. In less...

By Paul Elias, Associated Press | 08.05.2005
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- They're being bred now by the millions, the mutants, created to carry the ghastliest of diseases...
By Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle Post-Intelligencer | 08.05.2005

Images of a cute, cloned Afghan hound puppy named Snuppy hit the news wires Tuesday to coos from dog lovers...

By Flagged, Genetic Crossroads | 08.04.2005

The San Francisco Bay Guardian newspaper has named CGS as the "local hero" organization for 2005 in their special "Best...