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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 Wybo Dondorp, BioNews | 04.22.2013
Last week, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics presented its report on ethical aspects of information sharing in donor conception. Although...
By Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English [With CGS's Marcy Darnovsky] | 04.22.2013
If you had the option, would you use genetic engineering to choose certain traits for your children? But beyond picking...
By Michael Cook, BioEdge | 04.20.2013
Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child states what everyone considers to be a...
By Leigh Dayton, Science | 04.19.2013
The U.S. Supreme Court isn't the only high court considering a precedent-setting case on patenting human genes. Australia's Full Federal...
By Susan Young, MIT Technology Review | 04.18.2013
Sequencing startup uBiome marked its next phase today with the launch of its new sales site where customers can order...
By Ruha Benjamin, Huffington Post | 04.17.2013
To Pay or Not to Pay
Imagine two women sitting in a waiting room -- one is a store clerk...
Imagine two women sitting in a waiting room -- one is a store clerk...
By Suzanne Rico, The Atlantic | 04.17.2013
I first met Dawn Bennett in 2007 at my fertility doctor's office. Her long black hair was pulled back from...
By Eliot Marshall, Science | 04.17.2013
The question has been debated for years but not addressed directly by the U.S. Supreme Court—until this week. It came...