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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 Amelia Gentleman, International Herald Tribune | 04.15.2005
In his well-appointed, air-conditioned ultrasound clinic in South Delhi, Dr. Varun Dugal is doing his utmost to enforce a law...
By Tali Woodward, San Francisco Bay Guardian | 04.14.2005
The stem cell institute moves to rein in conflicts of interest, but some concerns remain The state committee that will...
By admin | 04.14.2005
Several animal species have already been genetically modified, and at least eleven have been cloned, though some scientists doubt the...
By BBC News, BBC News | 04.13.2005

Temilola Akinbolagbe, 33, from Plumstead, south London, collapsed at a bus stop after developing Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS).

The potentially...

By Jamie Shreeve , The New York Times | 04.10.2005

Except for the three million human brain cells injected into his cranium, XO47 is just an average green vervet monkey...

By Terri Somers, San Diego Union-Tribune | 04.08.2005
LOS ANGELES _ Hoping to eliminate any perceptions of personal financial benefit from the state's $3 billion stem cell initiative...
By Daniel S. Levine, East Bay Business Times | 04.08.2005
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the Emeryville-based voter-created agency overseeing $3 billion for stem cell research, has adopted interim...
By Terri Somers, San Diego Union-Tribune | 04.07.2005
Conflict-of-interest allegations already are flying against the committee overseeing California's $3 billion stem cell initiative even though the group isn't...