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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 Alice Maynard, BioNews | 06.29.2015

Untitled Document I served on the Human Genetics Commission (HGC) as a lay member from 2006 to 2012, and found...

By Douglas Quan, Montreal Gazette | 06.25.2015
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Biological clocks ticking, some women are approaching British Columbia’s family lawyers with a dilemma: They want to have a...

By Press Release, kaine.senate.gov | 06.25.2015
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine joined Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Tom Carper...

By John Lauerman and Caroline Chen, Bloomberg Businessweek | 06.25.2015
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Tracy Antonelli and her three daughters suffer from thalassemia, a blood disorder that saps their strength, leaves them...

By Sara Reardon, Nature News | 06.25.2015
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The US House of Representatives is wading into the debate over whether human embryos should be modified to...

By Natasha Gilbert, Nature News | 06.25.2015
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A US company is the first to face penalties under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), a law...

By Charis Thompson, Nature | 06.24.2015
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This autumn, researchers and other experts will come together to discuss the scientific, ethical and policy issues associated...

By Announcement, Committee On Science, Technology, and Law | 06.24.2015
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The National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine are launching a major initiative to guide...