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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 Brian Resnick, National Journal | 03.02.2013
Sixty years ago, scientists first discovered DNA, the structure in which a person’s genes are encoded. Since then, our knowledge...
By Sara Mojtehedzadeh, Guernica | 03.01.2013
I met Ruth and Priscka at Women Fighting Aids (WOFAK) in Kenya, one of the country’s first HIV advocacy organizations...
By Editorial, Los Angeles Times | 02.27.2013
After years of resisting all criticisms of its operations, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine is finally listening — a...
By David Cyranoski, Nature | 02.27.2013
In the seven years since their discovery, induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells have transformed basic research and won a Nobel...
By Adam Liptak, The New York Times | 02.26.2013
WASHINGTON — About halfway through a Supreme Court argument on Tuesday over whether the police may take DNA samples from...
By Carolyn Y. Johnson, The Boston Globe | 02.26.2013
Late last year, the nation’s highest court said it would consider a legal challenge to patents that biotechnology company Myriad...
By John Markoff, The New York Times | 02.25.2013
In setting the nation on a course to map the active human brain, President Obama may have picked a challenge...
By Richard Hayes, U .C. Berkeley College of Natural Resources/Energy and Resources Group | 02.25.2013
This short note introduces the third topic I want to address during my time at ERG this year. It follows...