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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 Mark Gabrish Conlan, Zenger's Newsmagazine | 06.27.2001

"O brave new world, that has such people in it … "
- William Shakespeare, The Tempest, quoted by Aldous...

By Marcy Darnovsky, Paul Billings, and Andrew Imparato | 06.21.2001

By Alexander Morgan Capron, LL.B | 06.19.2001

Speaking as Commissioner, National Bioethics Advisory Commission

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am Alexander Capron, and I have been invited...
By IPSOS/Reid, IPSOS/Reid | 06.01.2001

Preferred cloning policy:

 

complete ban cloning only on human embryos no restrictions on cloning
42 39 17
  • Source: "Americans...
By Gallup, Gallup | 05.10.2001

Regardless of whether or not you think it should be legal, please tell me if you personally believe that in...

By Gallup, Gallup | 05.10.2001

This is a compilation of data from the annual Gallup survey of moral issues, but contrasting the opinions of the...

By Fox News, Fox News | 04.18.2001

As you may know, scientists have made advances in cloning, where they can reproduce a whole animal from a single...

By Peter Aldhous , Nature | 04.05.2001

Peter Aldhous is Nature's chief News and Features editor.

The idea of therapeutic cloning, which offers the potential of growing...