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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 Alexandra Minna Stern, The Huffington Post | 12.11.2012
Over the past year, several companies have unveiled non-invasive prenatal tests designed to detect certain genetic conditions by analyzing fragments...
By Martin E. Klimek, USA Today | 12.09.2012
In a classic 1960 children's book, a baby bird toddles up to one critter after another asking, "Are you my...
By John Lauerman, Bloomberg Businessweek | 12.09.2012

Sharing the benefits of DNA science across social and class lines is one of the next big challenges facing genome...

By Andrea K. Walker, The Baltimore Sun | 12.08.2012
Ellen Carpenter delayed marriage until she found Mr. Right, but by that time she was 38 years old, making it...
By Jamie Doward, The Guardian (UK) | 12.08.2012
Controversial plans to build a massive database that would be capable of storing every British citizen's DNA records will be...
By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 12.07.2012
The Institute of Medicine's recommendations for major changes at the California stem cell agency today received generally high marks from...
By Alexey Bersenev, Cell Trials | 12.07.2012
Needless to say how much stem cell topic is overhyped today. Just turn on TV or radio and look at...
By Alicia Chang, Associated Press, Washington Post | 12.06.2012
LOS ANGELES — California has transformed into a major player in stem cell research, but the taxpayer-funded institute responsible has...