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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 Andrew Pollack, The New York Times | 07.04.2016

LOS ANGELES — A state ballot initiative meant to lower prescription drug prices for California faces an expected opponent: the...

By Nicola Davis, The Guardian | 07.04.2016

A new technique to genetically screen IVF embryos should be considered for use in the UK, fertility experts say. The...

By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 07.01.2016

The biggest stem cell story in the country this week reported that at least 570 dubious stem cell clinics exist...

By Carl Zimmer, The New York Times | 07.01.2016

Our genes are not just naked stretches of DNA.

They’re coiled into intricate three-dimensional tangles, their lengths decorated with tiny...

By Dan Bilefsky, The New York Times | 06.30.2016

LONDON — A 60-year-old woman determined to use her dead daughter’s frozen eggs to give birth to her own grandchild...

By Dina Fine Maron, Scientific American | 06.30.2016

Patients seeking stem cell therapies for achy joints or shoulder injuries no longer need to hop a plane to Mexico...

By Matt Miller, Slate | 06.29.2016

Scott Brown, the former Massachusetts senator who lost to Elizabeth Warren in the 2012 election, has decided to dredge up...