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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 Helen Briggs, BBC | 04.29.2014

A mother's diet around the time of conception can permanently influence her baby's DNA, research suggests.

Animal experiments show diet...

By Victoria Parsons, Medium | 04.28.2014
Everyday, checking; everyday, hoping. When the acceptance email from the journal finally arrived, a feeling of elation.

“Getting your first...

By Insoo Hyun, Nature | 04.28.2014

Three independent research teams have now used cloning technology to make human embryonic stem cells carrying the genomes of existing...

By Hannah Seligson, The New York Times | 04.28.2014

Here’s the question on the minds of people who spend tens of thousands of dollars on fertility treatments: What are...

By WSJ, The Wall Street Journal | 04.28.2014

Like many women going through fertility treatments, Nikki David had one thought when she learned she was pregnant with twins...

By Alice Bell, BBC | 04.28.2014
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If there is an idea associated with technology that needs to be ditched, it's that we are, or...

By Monya Baker, Nature | 04.28.2014

Two research groups have independently produced human embryonic stem-cell lines from embryos cloned from adult cells. Their success could reinvigorate...

By David Jensen, The Sacramento Bee | 04.28.2014

In a few days, the $3 billion California stem cell agency is slated to pick a new president who will...