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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 Jaffe, City Lab | 12.18.2015
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Whether intelligence is more the product of nature or nurture has long fascinated American social scientists and the...

By Kashmir Hill, Fusion | 12.18.2015
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In 2012, Silicon Valley millionaire Ravi Kumra was murdered during a home-invasion robbery. During the investigation of the...

By Jack Stilgoe and Sarah Hartley, The Guardian [UK] | 12.17.2015
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In October this year, we were both called as witnesses to the House of Lords Science and Technology...

By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 12.17.2015
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Directors of the California stem cell agency this morning approved an $890 million plan for the next five...
By Rae Ellen Bichell, National Public Radio | 12.17.2015
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Despite striking ethnic disparities in the incidence and mortality of diseases like cancer and respiratory disease, minorities are...

By Ed Yong, The Atlantic | 12.17.2015
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For Heidi Rehm, it looked like a straightforward case. Her lab at Partners Healthcare offers tests for...

By Alison Motluk, Canadian Medical Association Journal | 12.16.2015
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Not all Ontarians who are eligible for a funded cycle of in vitro fertilization (IVF) will necessarily get...

By Associated Press in Mexico City, The Guardian [UK] | 12.15.2015
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A Mexican state legislature has voted to close the door to foreign couples and gay men looking to...