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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 Margaret Somerville, Ottawa Citizen | 07.17.2013
The United Kingdom Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has been in the news for giving the go-ahead to creating three-genetic-parent...
By Diane Tober and Nancy Scheper-Hughes, The Sacramento Bee | 07.16.2013
As scientists in California delve more deeply into stem cell research and reproductive science, it is essential that women donating...
By Leonard Pitts, The Columbian | 07.15.2013
As Christina Cordero remembers it, the doctor would not take no for an answer.
"As soon as he found out...
"As soon as he found out...
By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 07.12.2013
Opponents of the California pay-for-eggs bill have kicked off a campaign to urge Gov. Jerry Brown to veto the industry-backed...
By Timothy B. Lee, The Washington Post | 07.12.2013
Critics of human gene patents rejoiced last month when the nation’s highest court ruled that human genes can’t be patented...
By Jill Lawless, Associated Press | 07.12.2013
You can ditch your computer and leave your cellphone at home, but you can't escape your DNA.
It belongs uniquely...
It belongs uniquely...
By Leigh Turner, Health in the Global Village | 07.12.2013
According to Hani, a South Korean newspaper, RNL Bio’s CEO, Dr. Jeong Chan Ra (also known as Ra Jeong-Chan)...
By David Shukman, BBC News | 07.11.2013
Will the emerging science of designing and engineering new forms of life receive the same hostile reception as genetically modified...