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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 Travis Loller, Associated Press | 05.24.2012

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For years, varied and sometimes wild claims have been made about the origins of a group...

By Gallup, Gallup | 05.22.2012

Regardless of whether or not you think it should be legal, please tell me if you personally believe that in...

By Erika Check Hayden, Nature | 05.21.2012

Researchers have encoded a form of rewritable memory into DNA.

The arduous work involved in building the system is almost...

By Erika Check Hayden, Nature | 05.21.2012

Researchers have encoded a form of rewritable memory into DNA.

The arduous work involved in building the system is almost...

By David Jensen, The Sacramento Bee | 05.20.2012

They're talking about pain at the $3 billion California stem cell agency. And mortality. But not the end of life...
By David Jensen, The Sacramento Bee | 05.20.2012

They're talking about pain at the $3 billion California stem cell agency. And mortality. But not the end of life...
By Helen Shen, Nature | 05.18.2012

California lawmakers are weighing a bill aimed at protecting their state's citizens from surreptitious genetic testing but scientists are voicing...

By Helen Shen, Nature | 05.18.2012

California lawmakers are weighing a bill aimed at protecting their state's citizens from surreptitious genetic testing but scientists are voicing...