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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 Kelly Servick, Science | 04.03.2014
The U.S. Department of Defense’s research arm is making a concerted grasp at biotechnology. On 1 April, the Defense Advanced...
By Alex Stern, Huffington Post | 04.02.2014
Since the development of their field four decades ago, genetic counselors have sought to acquire greater professional standing and increase...
By Alex Stern, HuffPost | 04.02.2014
Since the development of their field four decades ago, genetic counselors have sought to acquire greater professional standing and increase...
By Deborah Reid, RH Reality Check | 04.02.2014
Women of color created and defined the concept of reproductive justice, which is firmly rooted in a human rights...
By Kathleen Sloan and Jennifer Lahl, Twin Cities | 04.01.2014
The Minnesota Senate and House are currently considering two separate bills to legalize commercial surrogacy in the state (S.F. 2627...
By Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, Science | 04.01.2014
Apparently bowing to pressure from its members, the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) says that patients should...
By Monte Morin, Los Angeles Times | 04.01.2014
Just hours after Japanese investigators announced findings of fabrication and misconduct in a highly criticized "acid bath" stem cell study...
By GEN, Genetic Engineering News | 03.31.2014

MIT scientists report the use of a CRISPR methodology to cure mice of a rare liver disorder caused by a...