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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 Mark Leach, Down Syndrome Prenatal Testing | 10.17.2014
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Three years ago, a new prenatal test for Down syndrome entered the market offering earlier, safer, and more...

By Lenzi Sheible, RH Reality Check | 10.17.2014
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In a piece for RH Reality Check last month, Erin Matson highlighted anti-abortion groups’ false advocacy for people...

By Jessica Cussins, The Huffington Post | 10.16.2014

The workforces of Facebook and Apple are 69 percent and 70 percent male, and the companies have been getting a...

By Abby Lippman, The Globe and Mail | 10.16.2014

For $199, Canadians will soon be able to buy the latest genetic play kit – and will be able to...

By Liza Mundy; Stephanie Stark; Jeff Gillis, Marcy Darnovsky; Brigid Schulte, The Weekly Wonk | 10.16.2014

If you have children under the age of ten (or know anyone who does), you know at least one person...

By Miriam Zoll, The New York Times | 10.16.2014
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Responsible doctors should not be recommending egg freezing to perfectly healthy young women who have no medically indicated...

By Ricki Lewis, PLOS Blogs | 10.16.2014
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Facebook and Apple’s decision to offer female employees a $20,000 benefit to freeze their eggs indicates a...

By Françoise Baylis, Impact Ethics | 10.16.2014
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In 2012, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) lifted the experimental designation on human egg freezing. At...