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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 John Drzik, CNBC | 01.15.2015

Innovation is vital to progress. Advances in science, have propelled economic and societal development throughout history. Today's emerging technologies have...

By Raksha Kumar, AlJazeera America | 01.14.2015
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Divya is 28, in her seventh month of pregnancy and a surrogate for an Australian couple in their...

By AP, Associated Press | 01.14.2015

The surrogate mothers of 13 babies fathered by a Japanese businessman are suing Thai authorities and seeking to regain custody...

By Steve Connor, The Independent [UK] | 01.14.2015
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The Government’s attempt to legalise so-called “three parent” babies is open to challenge by judicial review because of...

By John Lauerman and Makiko Kitamura, Bloomberg | 01.14.2015
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In three recent deals, drugmakers are betting that personal genetic maps will finally fulfill their early promise to...

By John Lauerman and Makiko Kitamura, Bloomberg | 01.14.2015
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In three recent deals, drugmakers are betting that personal genetic maps will finally fulfill their early promise to...

By Alison Motluk, Canadian Medical Association Journal | 01.14.2015
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A new fertility treatment that purports to help older women get pregnant by boosting the energy in their...

By Caroline Chen, Bloomberg | 01.12.2015
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23andMe Inc., the genetic-testing startup backed by Google Inc. (GOOG), is sharing DNA data on about 650,000...