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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 Jeff Bessen, The Conversation | 07.29.2015
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CRISPR/Cas is a new technology that allows unprecedented control over the DNA code. It’s sparked a revolution in...

By Bangkok Post, Bangkok Post | 07.29.2015

A new law banning commercial surrogacy takes effect July 30 even as controversy continues to swirl around children born before...

By Kirk Bloodsworth, The Hill | 07.29.2015

I'll never forget how lonely I felt when the jury announced its guilty verdict and the courtroom erupted in applause...

By Dusko Ilic, BioNews | 07.27.2015
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In their latest study, published in the Nature, Shoukrat Mitalipov and collaborators, including Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte...

By Ashby Jones, The Wall Street Journal | 07.26.2015
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How much is a human egg worth? The question is at the heart of a federal lawsuit brought...

By Namita Kohli, Hindustan Times | 07.26.2015
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It's early morning in the mid western state of Ohio in the US, but Michael Morris (name changed...

By Lauren McMah, Perth Now [Australia] | 07.26.2015
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THERE wasn’t much to being an anonymous sperm donor in the 1970s and ‘80s. You showed up, signed...

By Chris Woolston, Nature News | 07.24.2015
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Researchers often complain about inaccurate science stories in the popular press, but few air their grievances in a...