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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 Megan Cassidy, The Arizona Republic | 06.22.2015
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Recent admissions by the FBI involving data errors in calculating DNA probabilities are challenging the infallibility of DNA...

By Dan Koboldt, Mass Genomics | 06.19.2015
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The rise of next-generation sequencing has worked wonders for the field of genetics and genomics. It’s also generated...

By Philippe Sotto, Associated Press | 06.19.2015
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France's highest court tackled a sensitive subject Friday as parents challenged laws that effectively deny citizenship to surrogate...

By Hal Hodson, New Scientist | 06.19.2015
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"If you are walking down the street, a public street, should a company be able to identify you...

By Marianne Lavelle, Science | 06.18.2015
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The leader of the world's largest Christian faith might succeed in doing something that many experts have failed...

By BBC, BBC | 06.18.2015

Today scientists are using genetic markers from DNA to build up a picture of an offender's face, a process known...

By Ewen Callaway, Nature News | 06.18.2015
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The genome of a famous 8,500-year-old North American skeleton, known as Kennewick Man, shows that he is closely...

By Tamar Lewin, The New York Times | 06.17.2015
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After years of infertility, Angel and Jeff Watts found a young egg donor to help them have a...