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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 North Jersey Media Group, North Jersey Media Group | 06.22.2005

There's a lot riding on the promise of biotechnology.

State officials say investing in the emerging medical science will improve...

By Reuters, Reuters | 06.20.2005

COPENHAGEN - Couples wanting babies are criss-crossing the globe in search of treatment as infertility in the developed world looks...

By New Scientist, New Scientist | 06.20.2005

Human embryonic stem cells have been coaxed in the lab to develop into the early forms of cells which eventually...

By North Jersey Media Group, North Jersey Media Group | 06.19.2005

With little fanfare and no direct approval of the electorate, the state of New Jersey has spent hundreds of millions...

By North Jersey Media Group, North Jersey Media Group | 06.19.2005

The church organist filled out a disclosure form.

So did the part-time bartender.

Both were required to disclose any jobs...

By Kevin Yamamura, Sacramento Bee | 06.16.2005
The state Senate is unlikely to pursue a November ballot measure imposing stricter controls on California's new stem cell agency...
By NBC 30, NBC 30 | 06.15.2005

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Gov. M. Jodi Rell Wednesday signed into law an act permitting stem cell research and banning the...

By Laura Mecoy, Sacramento Bee | 06.14.2005
Suit asserting embryo rights seeks to block research grants.

LOS ANGELES - A new lawsuit challenging the destruction of human...