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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 Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, ABC News | 12.28.2015
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When the state deemed Leighton Pang Kee ineligible for one of the most valuable benefits available to Native...

By Brad Bertrand, Nikkei Asian Review [Singapore] | 12.26.2015
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Sitting in the center of a queen-size bed, five-month-old Justin (not his real name) looks like a typical...

By David Lom and Eric Baculinao, NBC News | 12.26.2015
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The head of a Chinese firm that is building the world's biggest animal cloning factory has...

By Janet Phelan, Activist Post | 12.25.2015
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We knew it was coming to this. The GMO revolution wasn’t going to stop at our dinner table...

By Dr. Filippa Lentzos, PLOS Blogs | 12.24.2015
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Synthetic biology is swimming in defense dollars. The most recent figures available on US trends in synthetic biology...

By Caroline Chen and Doni Bloomfield, Bloomberg | 12.23.2015
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In a single year, Rodger Novak’s gene-editing startup raised $89 million in venture funding, got $105 million to...

By Andrew Joseph, Stat News | 12.23.2015
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Precision medicine, in which drugs are matched to individual patients, has generated tons of buzz, from patient organizations...

By Janene Pieters, NL Times [Netherlands] | 12.23.2015
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The Healthcare Inspectorate is investigating two commercial clinics in Amsterdam and Rotterdam where doctors treat chronically ill patients...