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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 Wiktor Szary, Reuters | 10.30.2015
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Poland's ombudsman has challenged a new law on in-vitro fertilization (IVF) as unconstitutional, saying it should not stop...

By Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times | 10.30.2015
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When last we visited with the genetic testing firm 23andMe, it was in big trouble.

That was in...

By Lindsay Murdoch, Sydney Morning Herald | 10.30.2015
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Bangkok: A booming surrogacy industry chased out of Thailand and Nepal has turned to Cambodia, where many Australians...

By Rowan Hooper, New Scientist | 10.29.2015
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You have a 50-per-cent chance of carrying a gene that will radically change and then destroy your life...

By Yarden Katz, Boston Review | 10.28.2015
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Like much of our society, the American university is increasingly scrutinized through an economic lens. The value of...

By Nida Najar, The New York Times | 10.28.2015

NEW DELHI — The Indian government says it wants to prevent Indian women from becoming surrogate birth mothers for foreigners...

By Susan Gilbert, Bioethics Forum The Hastings Center | 10.28.2015
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Biomedical researchers are increasingly looking to Silicon Valley for access to human subjects, and Silicon Valley is looking...

By Cynthia M. Cale, Nature | 10.28.2015
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Earlier this month, the Texas Forensic Science Commission raised concerns about the accuracy of the statistical interpretation of...