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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 Gloria Galloway, The Globe and Mail | 07.30.2014
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Would-be parents who turn to in vitro fertilization to conceive children will find inconsistent oversight of fertility clinics...

By Deccan Herald, Deccan Herald [India] | 07.29.2014

A recent United Nations study has pointed out the worsening trend in gender based sex selection practices – elimination of...

By Amanda Wilson, Pacific Standard | 07.29.2014
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Most people are now familiar with big data and how it’s used to target advertising or suggest love...

By Carl Elliott, Medium | 07.28.2014
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Two years ago, on a gray January afternoon, I visited the Ridge Avenue homeless shelter in Philadelphia. I...

By Steve Connor, The Independent | 07.28.2014
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The Government has been accused of misleading the public over the introduction of a new in vitro fertilisation...

By Bridie Smith, Sydney Morning Herald | 07.28.2014
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Authorities are warning of the risks of unproven stem cell treatments available in Australia and overseas after the...

By Bridie Smith, Sydney Morning Herald | 07.28.2014
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Authorities are warning of the risks of unproven stem cell treatments available in Australia and overseas after the...

By Tamar Lewin, The New York Times | 07.27.2014
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CANCÚN, Mexico — Rudy Rupak, the founder of Planet Hospital, a medical tourism company based in California...