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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 David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 08.07.2013
The legacy of Henrietta Lacks popped up again today in a piece in the New York Times that should resonate...
By Nathaniel Comfort, Genotopia | 08.07.2013
Here is the new ad from 23andMe that will begin airing shortly on cable TV*:
Genomics is going...
Genomics is going...
By Ewen Callaway, Nature | 08.07.2013
Deborah Lacks wanted answers. In 1974, she asked a leading medical geneticist to tell her about HeLa cells, a tissue-culture...
By Alice Wexler, UCLA Center for the Study of Women | 08.06.2013
It seemed extravagant to fly to Boston from Los Angeles just to see a play, but in the end I...
By Anne Buchanan et al., The Mermaid's Tale | 08.06.2013
Seriously, why? Many people have embraced direct-to-consumer (DTC) genotyping, or whole genome sequencing, for reasons that we admit we don't...
By Gina Maranto, <i>Biopolitical Times</i> guest contributor
| 08.06.2013
The surrogacy industry in India is both booming and changing. A new 168-page report from the Centre for Social Research...
By John Horgan, Scientific American | 08.05.2013
I’ve complained in previous columns about excessive medical testing, which leads to unnecessary treatment and drives up health care costs...
By Arthur Allen, Washington Post | 08.05.2013
If you become ill with a blood cancer or other disease that requires a stem cell transplant, here’s an uncomfortable...