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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 SMFM, Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine | 12.18.2014

A recent article in the Boston Globe presents a disturbing picture of prenatal testing, in a report describing how “...

By David Cyranoski, Nature | 12.18.2014

Haruko Obokata, the Japanese stem-cell biologist whose papers caused a sensation earlier this year before being retracted, has not succeeded...

By Saudi Gazette, Saudi Gazette | 12.18.2014

DAMMAM — Private hospitals are carrying out pre-conception gender selection operations and reporting them as IV fertilization or artificial fertilization...

By James Gallagher, BBC | 12.17.2014
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The rules for creating babies from three people - which state only two would be classed as parents...

By Susan Decker, Bloomberg Businessweek | 12.17.2014

Myriad Genetics Inc. can’t block competitors’ DNA tests to determine risk for breast and ovarian cancer after a U.S. appeals...

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 12.17.2014

A coalition of geneticists and computer programmers calling itself the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health is developing protocols for...

By Gretchen Reynolds, The New York Times | 12.17.2014

We all know that exercise can make us fitter and reduce our risk for illnesses such as diabetes and heart...

By Harry Glorikian, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | 12.15.2014

What’s more valuable than your money, equally vulnerable, and unique to you? Answer: Your genome. And just like your money...