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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 Gallup, Gallup | 08.03.2001

  Should the federal government fund stem cell research on embryos that are ...

 

   Should  Should not
created...
By Judy Norsigian and Stuart Newman, Boston Globe | 08.03.2001

On Tuesday the US House of Representatives passed a bill that would ban the cloning of human embryos and thus...

By E. J. Dionne Jr., The Washington Post | 08.03.2001

This week's House vote on human cloning produced one of the year's most interesting and unexpected alliances. Bernie Sanders, the...

By Neil Munro, National Journal | 07.21.2001
The fierce debate over federal funding for research on stem cells has focused on some profound questions, such as what...
By Richard Willing, USA Today | 07.16.2001

WASHINGTON--Activists on both sides of the abortion issue are joining forces this week to push for a total ban on...

By Zogby, Zogby | 07.02.2001
 
opposed
supportive
Regarding cloning human beings, are you*
90**
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- Democrats
87
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- Republicans
94
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By Biotechnology Australia, Biotechnology Australia | 07.01.2001
Genetic modification of human cells is...
Yes
No
acceptable
44
42
beneficial
55
25
 
Testing embryos for pre-disposition to...
By Marcy Darnovsky, GeneWatch | 06.30.2001

While the prospect of genetically "redesigned" people challenges humanity as a whole, it particularly threatens groups that historically have been...