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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 Andrew Hough, The Telegraph | 12.31.2012
Official statistics show that almost half of embryos used to help a women conceive through in vitro fertilisation were thrown...
By GMWatch, GMWatch | 12.31.2012

The 10 biggest GMO PR disasters of 2012

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2012 was...

By Donna Dickenson, Project Syndicate | 12.29.2012
LONDON – The United Kingdom’s Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has launched a public consultation to gauge attitudes toward...
By Mercury News, Mercury News | 12.28.2012

SACRAMENTO (AP) -- California women who want to get pregnant using sperm from a donor they know should find the...

By Jeremy Laurance, The Independent | 12.28.2012
Wealthy British couples who cannot have children are increasingly seeking "wombs for hire" from women overseas, according to figures obtained...
By Kim Mulvihill, CBS San Francisco | 12.28.2012

More Bay Area parents are spending thousands of dollars to select if their child will be a boy or girl...

By Gina Kolata, New York Times | 12.24.2012

In a move likely to renew a longstanding ethical controversy, geneticists are quietly making plans to study the DNA of...

By Carey Gillam, Reuters | 12.21.2012
* FDA to take comments for 60 days before giving final OK

* Critics seek action from Congress, threaten to...