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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 Diane Coleman, Not Dead Yet | 05.02.2014
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Months of work came to fruition on April 25-26, 2014 at the Crystal City Marriott in Arlington, VA. ...

By Stephen Hawking, Stuart Russell, Max Tegmark, Frank Wilczek, The Independent | 05.01.2014

With the Hollywood blockbuster Transcendence playing in cinemas, with Johnny Depp and Morgan Freeman showcasing clashing visions for the future...

By Rob Stein, NPR | 05.01.2014

Scientists reported Thursday they had figured out a way to make primitive human sperm out of skin cells, an advance...

By Twila Brase, US News & World Report | 05.01.2014
Newborn screening is practiced nationwide to detect rare conditions that may be life-threatening or require medical attention. Shortly after birth...
By Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Council on Foreign Relations | 05.01.2014

For more than a century, cultural norms and traditions in India and elsewhere have favored sons over daughters—a preference based...

By New Scientist, New Scientist | 04.30.2014

"SINCE what works in sheep is likely to be possible in humans, we are suddenly propelled right past the imagined...

By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 04.30.2014
 BURLINGAME, Ca. – Directors of the California stem cell agency today selected Randy Mills, the former CEO of Osiris Therapeutics...
By Alison Abbott, Nature | 04.29.2014

An analysis of clinical studies that use adult stem cells to treat heart disease has raised questions about the value...