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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 Daniel Mason, Public Service Europe | 10.22.2012
The recent granting of three patents for genetically engineered chimpanzees to be used for pharmaceutical research has been branded as...
By Alexandra Sifferlin, Time | 10.22.2012
In vitro fertilization (IVF) is responsible for creating thousands of happy families, but the latest research highlights some of the...
By Stephanie M. Lee, San Francisco Chronicle | 10.20.2012

They never wanted to have a child, until they did. And then they couldn't.

For four years, this San Carlos...

By Douglas Quenqua, New York Times | 10.20.2012

“That’s right, one lucky woman will win the ultimate chance at starting or building her family,” said a contest announcement...

By Michael Cook, BioEdge | 10.20.2012

Conceptual Options is a surrogacy agency in “the surrogacy friendly state of California”. This is a promotional video it is...

By Rob Stein, NPR Morning Edition | 10.19.2012
Doctors who specialize in treating infertility are making a big change in their position on a controversial practice. The American...
By Antonio Regalado, Technology Review | 10.18.2012
Two high-profile entrepreneurs say they want to put a DNA sequencing machine on the surface of Mars in a bid...