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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 Vanessa Gruben, Ottawa Citizen | 10.11.2015
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After a week of uncertainty and some confusion, the Ontario Ministry of Health finally announced its policy on...

By Ed Yong, The Atlantic | 10.10.2015
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This week, a team from the University of California, Los Angeles claimed to have found several epigenetic marks—chemical...

By Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times | 10.09.2015
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The public uproar about high drug prices has focused on outlandish cases such as single pills jacked up...

By Michael White, Pacific Standard | 10.09.2015
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Having a child who suffers from a major genetic disease can be one of life's most challenging surprises...

By Martin Kaste, NPR | 10.09.2015

Over the summer, the Texas Forensic Science Commission, which sets standards for physical evidence in state courts, came to...

By Jessica Hamzelou, New Scientist | 10.08.2015

Gay or straight? A saliva test can predict the answer, and get it right 67 per cent of the time...

By Erin E. Murphy, The Daily Beast | 10.07.2015
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Plenty of things can go wrong in DNA testing in a run-of-the-mill case. Problems with interpreting the sample...

By Michael Slezak, New Scientist | 10.07.2015
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Your genes are no longer patentable in Australia. The country’s highest court found unanimously that two previous Australian...