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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 Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 11.06.2014

Google is approaching hospitals and universities with a new pitch. Have genomes? Store them with us.

The search giant’s first...

By New York Stem Cell Foundation, New York Stem Cell Foundation | 11.06.2014

A team led by New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute scientists conducted a study comparing induced pluripotent stem...

By Christian Jarrett, Wired | 11.05.2014
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It feels to me like interest in the brain has exploded. I’ve seen huge investments in brain science...

By Naomi Schaefer Riley, New York Post | 11.04.2014
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New York’s liberal intelligentsia doubtless gave knowing nods last week when Sen. Mary Landrieu noted, “The South hasn’t...

By Georgia Graham, Daily Telegraph [UK] | 11.04.2014
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MPs have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a motion declaring that sex-selection abortion is illegal.

They voted 181...

By CBS, CBC News [Canada] | 11.03.2014

An Ottawa hospital is challenging the legality of gene patents that hamper the ability of doctors to freely screen for...

By Theodore Decker, The Columbus Dispatch | 11.02.2014
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When DNA evidence began appearing in U.S. courtrooms in the late 1980s, it was heralded as the greatest...

By Katie Stoll, The DNA Exchange | 11.02.2014
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At the recent National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Education Conference in New Orleans, a presentation raised some...