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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...

stem cells
By Johnny Edwards, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | 08.18.2021

Pushing unproven treatments, the chiropractors targeted the elderly, inviting them to lunch seminars where speakers in lab coats promised miracle...

By Media Statement, Government of Western Australia | 08.18.2021

The course has been set for the development of contemporary legislation to enable more Western Australians to begin a family...

By Staff, Stop GE Trees | 08.17.2021

The USDA has opened up a second public comment period to seek input for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) they plan...

Dr. He Jiankui in his lab
By Rebecca Megson-Smith and Eben Kirksey , Transforming Society | 08.16.2021

In this episode, Rebecca Megson-Smith talks to Eben Kirksey, American anthropologist and Associate Professor at Alfred Deakin Institute in Melbourne...

2 Indian doctors performing surgery
By Amiya Kumar Kushwaha, Asian News International | 08.16.2021

Photo by Sadasiv Swain on Flickr

A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the Delhi High Court seeking to...

pregnant woman in a pink dress
By Anne Else, Newsroom | 08.16.2021

Agreeing to be a birth mother in a surrogacy arrangement is a precious gift to people wanting a child. But...

row of books
By Bri Lee, The Age | 08.13.2021

The two most famous English dystopian novels — Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and George Orwell’s 1984 — battle like...

man doing gene therapy
By Editorial, Nature | 08.12.2021

More than 200 phase 2 and 3 gene therapy trials are currently underway, which could translate into up to 40...