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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 Russell Saunders, The Daily Beast | 04.14.2015
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Let’s say you have a whole lot of money.

Let’s say you have so much money that, even...

By Kari Paul, Motherboard | 04.14.2015
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A Craigslist ad thoug​ht to be covert advertising or “viral marketing for the upcoming Fantastic Four movie” is...

By Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post | 04.14.2015
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A bipartisan bill has been introduced that would require mandatory DNA testing on people convicted of eight misdemeanors...

By Michael Ollove, The Washington Post | 04.13.2015
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If in vitro fertilization still seems to be cutting-edge medicine, you haven’t been paying attention.

The first infant...

By Jason Silverstein, The Atlantic | 04.13.2015
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On April 24, 2003, shortly after the completion of the human genome project, its director Francis Collins and...

By Ainsley Newson and Stacy Carter, BioNews | 04.13.2015
In March, US company Sequenom revealed that its MaterniT21 non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT) has detected potential cancer in some pregnant...
By Arab News, Arab News [Saudi Arabia] | 04.13.2015

Experiments or research in human cloning is an offense punishable by law and any violation means a fine of SR200,000...

By Arne H. Carlson, Star Tribune | 04.13.2015
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“The University constructed a defense to deny liability by claiming immunity. I think that defense evolved or you...