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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 Michael Wells-Greco, BioNews | 06.08.2015
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On 21 May 2015 the Swiss Federal Court (1) refused to register a male couple - who are...

By Matthew Thomas, BioNews | 06.08.2015
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The Business of Genetic Ancestry

BBC Radio 4, Tuesday 26 May 2015

Presented by Dr Adam Rutherford...

By Anna Azvolinsky, The Scientist | 06.08.2015
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Most novel mutations in an individual are thought to originate in the germline. Other mutations, somatic mosaic mutations...

By Editorial, The Lancet | 06.06.2015
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Last week, the White House decreed that human germline gene editing in biomedical research is discontinued in the...

By Xavier Symons, BioEdge | 06.06.2015
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The latest issue of the American Journal of Bioethics examines the topic of new reproductive technologies and genetic...

By Jo Best, Tech Republic | 06.05.2015
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Dan Lane has always had a keen interest in the next big thing. He owned an early set...

By Sharon Begley and Caroline Humer, Reuters | 06.05.2015
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Amazon.com Inc is in a race against Google Inc to store data on human DNA, seeking both bragging...

By Adam Wernick, PRI | 06.05.2015
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“Scientists in general are awful at communicating their work to the general public,” says Jorgensen, the director of...