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By Maia Hibbett, Wired | 09.09.2026
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 Michelle Millhollon, The Advocate [Louisiana] | 03.27.2014
For three weeks, state Rep. Joseph Lopinto worked to quell opposition to setting up a legal framework in Louisiana for...
By David Shukman, BBC | 03.27.2014
Scientists have created the first synthetic chromosome for yeast in a landmark for biological engineering.
Previously synthetic DNA has been...
Previously synthetic DNA has been...
By Rebecca Zamon, The Huffington Post | 03.26.2014
It’s been illegal for 10 years in Canada to buy sperm or ova, but Radio-Canada’s investigative program Enquête has learned...
By Judy Norsigian, Infertility Family Research Registry | 03.26.2014
As the demand increases for young women to provide their eggs for both fertility and research purposes, the lack of...
By Chris Chipello, McGill | 03.26.2014
Should whole-genome sequencing be used in the public-health programs that screen newborns for rare conditions?
That question is likely to...
By Lori Jane Gliha, AlJazeera America | 03.24.2014
Celia Vandegrift jokes that she is "senile" at the age of 87, but her memory is sharp when it comes...
By Ramesh Shankar, PharmaBiz | 03.24.2014
The 'National Guidelines for Stem Cell Research', issued recently by the union health ministry, has prohibited stem cell research in...
By Paul Voosen, The Chronicle of Higher Education | 03.24.2014
For a few years, the biological notion of race seemed dead and gone.
It was one of the high points...
It was one of the high points...