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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 Sean McCourt, SFSU Xpress | 10.21.2004
The debate over California_s Proposition 71 is intensifying as election day draws closer, and the parties for and against the...
By Lisa M. Krieger, San Jose Mercury News | 10.20.2004
PROP. 71 IS BLURRING USUAL DIVIDING LINE


Embryonic stem cell research is creating this election year's oddest political bedfellows, redrawing...
By Laura Mecoy, Sacramento Bee | 10.20.2004
Stem cell researcher in 'yes' ads could get rich, they contend.
LOS ANGELES - Stem cell initiative opponents on Tuesday...
By Carina Dennis, Nature | 10.20.2004
Employing genetic diagnosis to avoid having a baby with a disability is controversial enough. But a minority of deaf people...
By Associated Press, Associated Press | 10.19.2004

SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has endorsed a $3 billion bond measure that would fund human embryonic...

By Irwin Arieff, Reuters | 10.19.2004
A key U.N. diplomat pledged on Monday to do all he could to avoid a vote this year on a...
By Irwin Arieff, Reuters | 10.19.2004
South Korea said on Tuesday it asked the United States to accept another year's delay in the drafting of a...
By Antony Barnett and Robin McKie, The Observer | 10.17.2004
Scientists are seeking permission to carry out experiments that would result in children being born with three biological parents. UK...