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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 Donna Dickenson, Project Syndicate | 02.25.2016

The global trade in babies born through commercial surrogacy is slowly being shut down. India, Nepal, Thailand, and Mexico have...

By Jon Brooks, KQED | 02.25.2016
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“The X-Files” revival has gotten some big ratings. Clearly a lot of fans (if not critics) are...

By Indira Lakshamanan, The Diane Rehm Show | 02.25.2016
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Researchers are now capable of creating a human embryo from the DNA of three people. A scientific panel...

By David Cyranoski, Nature News | 02.25.2016
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Researchers in China say that they have discovered a way to make rudimentary mouse sperm in a dish...

By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 02.24.2016
Untitled Document A Chinese firm that says it has the technology to clone human beings has invested $15 million in...
By Ava Kofman, The Public Domain Review | 02.24.2016
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A complex pattern is capable of suggesting various readings, as the figuring on a wall-paper may suggest a...
By Ava Kofman, New Republic | 02.24.2016
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Your DNA can now be read in less time than it would take to wait at a typical...

By Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet | 02.24.2016
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It is hard to believe only four senators opposed the confirmation of Robert Califf, who was approved today...