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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 Steve Connor, The Independent | 07.11.2013
Scientists have created genetically-engineered mice with artificial human chromosomes in every cell of their bodies, as part of a series...
By Editorial, New Scientist | 07.10.2013
FOR countless couples who want to have children but cannot conceive naturally, the birth of Connor Levy is excellent news...
By Nathaniel Comfort, Genotopia | 07.10.2013
A recent post by Jon Entine on the Forbes website leads with a complimentary citation of my book– and then...
By Alex Matthews, Capitol Weekly | 07.10.2013
It’s a complex, emotionally-loaded question: What kinds of women sell eggs to infertile couples in California?

For Carol Hogan of...
By Ewen Callaway, Nature | 07.10.2013
Depending on whom you ask, Fiona Fox is either saving science journalism or destroying it. But today, she is touting...
By Andrew Pollack, The New York Times | 07.10.2013
Myriad Genetics is suing competitors that have begun to offer genetic testing for breast cancer risk after the Supreme Court’s...
By Editorial, Nature | 07.09.2013
The Italian government is planning to oversee a clinical trial of a controversial stem-cell therapy. There are many reasons for...
By Heather Long, Guardian | 07.09.2013
When the world looks back at how the "designer babies" trend began, they will see an innocent start. A Philadelphia...