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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 Steve Rendall, FAIR | 07.02.2014
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Nicholas Wade was a leading New York Times science writer for three decades. He left the paper weeks...

By The Aspen Institute, The Aspen Institute [With CGS's Marcy Darnovsky] | 07.02.2014

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The discussion of "designer babies" often revolves around gender or hair color, but the...

By Jeremy Gruber, Council for Responsible Genetics Blog | 07.02.2014
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As genetic testing and genetic information become increasingly available, it is critical that employers have a full understanding...

By Laura Donnelly, The Telegraph | 07.01.2014
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Women who become pregnant using donated eggs have at least three times the risk of developing serious complications...

By Terry Barnes, The Age | 07.01.2014
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Doing what comes naturally does indeed come naturally to most of us. But, for the one in six...

By Kerry Grens, The Scientist | 06.30.2014
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About four years ago, Jay Tischfield, the director of RUDCR Infinite Biologics, a long-standing biorepository at Rutgers...

By Editorial, Charlotte Observer | 06.29.2014
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Today, North Carolina moves closer to shutting the door on one of the state’s more shameful episodes. June...

By Hank Greely, Law and Biosciences Blog | 06.27.2014
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Would you want to know the date and time of your death? Life-Line, the first published fiction...