Today, DNA is central to modern biology, but scarcely a century ago biologists were debating whether or not genes actually...
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THE INSTAGRAM POST, precision-guided by sex and age, had zeroed in on its target. Yuchen Tu is a conservatory-trained viola...
By Terence Keel, Los Ángeles Review of Books | 09.06.2026
This is the 16th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...
By Randy Shore, Vancouver Sun | 05.04.2014
Whole genome sequencing has officially entered the medical mainstream and kicked off an era of truly personalized medicine.
California-based Illumina...
By Michael Cook, BioEdge | 05.04.2014
An investigation at the University of Utah is testing the presumption that IVF clinics are delivering babies who are the...
By Anil Malhotra, The Hindu | 05.03.2014
Recent meetings on March 6 and 7 of departments and ministries of the Government of India, to discuss...
By Michael Cook, BioEdge | 05.03.2014
Supporters of surrogacy often claim that on the whole, women in developing countries benefit from the system, as they earn...
By Lynne Millican, Impact Ethics | 05.02.2014
In 1989, I received a prescription for the drug Lupron from a world-renowned Boston hospital for treatment of endometriosis and...
By Editorial, San Francisco Chronicle | 05.02.2014
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has funded more than 1,750 published discoveries related to stem cell research...