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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 Margaret Somerville, National Post | 11.17.2014
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Apple’s and Facebook’s announcement last month that they would offer $20,000 health insurance coverage to women employees to...

By Kelly Crowe, CBC News | 11.17.2014
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It is no longer enough for scientists to discover something, publish their findings and advance knowledge. These days...

By David E. Jensen, Sacramento Bee | 11.15.2014
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Twenty years ago, a 341-pound football player smashed into Roman Reed during a Chabot College game in Hayward...

By Alok Putul and Anu Anand, The Guardian | 11.15.2014
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A woman who became seriously ill at the Indian sterilisation camps that have killed 15 women has spoken...

By Lisa M. Krieger, San Jose Mercury News | 11.14.2014
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SAN FRANCISCO -- In a provocative cross-species experiment, scientists are striving to rewrite the pig genome so the...

By Brendan Borrell, Nature News | 11.14.2014
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A new DNA-based recorder allows bioengineers to create cell cultures that detect information in their environment and store...

By Katharine Gammon, Nature News | 11.12.2014
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Tiny changes in DNA can have huge consequences. For years, scientists have been trying to 'fix' these mutations...