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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 Bob Lewis, The Washington Post | 08.05.2012
RICHMOND, Va. — Exactly 85 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state governments could force involuntary surgical sterilizations...
By Rachel Browne, The Sydney Morning Herald | 08.05.2012
Worried about what the future may hold for your health? An emerging health movement is encouraging the ''worried well'' to...
By Michael Cook, BioEdge | 08.04.2012
Some IVF patients are being offered risky, unsafe techniques which have not been developed with clinical trial and which offer...
By Gina Barton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | 08.04.2012

Two Wisconsin surrogate mothers - with help from the state Commissioner of Insurance and state Supreme Court - have made...

By Andrew Welsh-Higgins, San Francisco Chronicle | 08.03.2012
A new Ohio law requiring anyone arrested on a felony charge to submit a DNA sample has more than doubled...
By Bonnie Rochman, TIME Healthland | 08.02.2012

Earlier this week, the personal gene-testing company 23andMe announced that it’s seeking the blessing of the Food and Drug Administration...

By Dan Wiessner, Reuters | 08.01.2012
ALBANY, N.Y., Aug 1 (Reuters) - Starting Wednesday, almost anyone convicted of a crime in New York will be required...
By Jonathan Stempel and Terry Baynes, Reuters | 07.30.2012
(Reuters) - The Supreme Court signaled on Monday that it may review whether law enforcement officials may collect DNA samples...