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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...

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By Staff, Reuters | 12.04.2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said on Wednesday it had entered into agreements with Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX.O), opens...

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By Staff, Center for Food Safety | 12.03.2024

Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash

SAN FRANCISCO—In a precedential victory for food and environmental safety, a federal district court ...

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By Alex Loftus, BBC News | 12.03.2024

Thirteen women from the Philippines have been convicted of human trafficking in Cambodia for intending to sell babies they carried...

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By Josie Ensor, The Times | 12.03.2024

It was somewhere between the third and fourth child that Catherine Pakaluk had a revelation.

“There was this sense that...

Book Cover of We Europeans
By Stefan Bernhardt-Radu, Aeon | 12.02.2024

In the 18th century, European scholars began to envision a more enlightened world in harmony with nature. The old aristocratic...

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By Jackie Davalos and Sophie Alexander, Bloomberg | 12.02.2024

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As Anya walked into the fertility clinic for an appointment to have her eggs retrieved...

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By Susan Dominus, The New York Times | 11.30.2024

In the days after Daphna Cardinale delivered her second child, she experienced a rare sense of calm and wonder. The...

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By Christy Santhosh, Reuters | 11.27.2024

Nov 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is weighing the need for regulatory action on bluebird bio's ...