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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 Eric Lander, PhD, The New York Times | 09.12.2000

Labor Day has come and gone, and I am chagrined to find that I haven't made it through my summer...

By Ralph Brave, Salon | 06.27.2000
A young couple having difficulty conceiving a child undergoes tests to pinpoint the problem. As they sit in the doctor's...
By Ralph Brave, Baltimore City Paper | 06.21.2000

Any day now, the Rockville-based Celera Genomics Group and the National Institutes of Health will announce that they have achieved...

By Daniel Q. Haney, Associated Press | 05.05.2000

Suppose parents-to-be could guarantee their children will grow up to be unusually healthy. Or extra smart. Or maybe just a...

By PricewaterhouseCoopers, PricewaterhouseCoopers | 03.01.2000
Are opposed to scientists making a genetically identical copy of a human being.*
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By admin Genetic Crossroads | 02.16.2000
Say "No" To Germline Engineering
An open letter to participants at the Asilomar Symposium on Science, Ethics and Society

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By Richard Hayes, Genetic Crossroads | 02.04.2000

From Multinational Monitor, Jan/February2000 http://www.essential.org/monitor>

"Scientists have long speculated that parents would someday be able
to genetically engineer...

By The Board of Directors of the Council for Responsible Genetics, Council for Responsible Genetics | 11.30.1999
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Our life and health depend on an intricate web of relationships within the biological and social worlds. Protection of...