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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 Randy Dotinga, HealthDay | 11.12.2014

Many American doctors may not support genetic testing in patients without a major family history of certain illnesses, suggests a...

By Will Dunham, Reuters | 11.12.2014
How do some people live past 110 years old? Is it superior genes, clean living, good luck or some combination...
By Katy Daigle, Associated Press | 11.11.2014

NEW DELHI (AP) — At least 11 Indian women are dead and 20 others seriously ill Wednesday after undergoing free...

By Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times | 11.11.2014

So, you're thinking you might like to check out one of those inexpensive new tests that would give you some...

By Helen Thomson, New Scientist | 11.11.2014

Could a futuristic society of humans with the power to control their own biological functions ever become reality?

It's not...

By Rob Stein, NPR | 11.10.2014

In a darkened lab in the north of England, a research associate is intensely focused on the microscope in front...

By Meredith Salisbury, Forbes | 11.08.2014

There was a time when people in America were sterilized, sometimes unwittingly, by activists aiming to create a healthier, “better”...

By Lily Lou, The Guilfordian | 11.07.2014
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Elaine Riddick was raped at age 13.  After giving birth to her son at age 14, in 1968...