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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 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune | 02.27.2012

By the time Camilla Black Grondahl became pregnant with her second child in 2010, she had already watched two older...

By Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times | 02.24.2012

Law enforcement officers may take a DNA sample from anyone arrested on a felony charge without running afoul of the...

By Jessica Silver-Greenberg, Wall Street Journal | 02.24.2012

Julie Barth's prayers were answered when a doctor in Crystal Lake, Ill., told her in vitro fertilization might get her...

By Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times | 02.24.2012

Law enforcement officers may take a DNA sample from anyone arrested on a felony charge without running afoul of the...

By Jessica Silver-Greenberg, Wall Street Journal | 02.24.2012

Julie Barth's prayers were answered when a doctor in Crystal Lake, Ill., told her in vitro fertilization might get her...

By Soraya Chemaly, RH Reality Check | 02.23.2012

What happens when women, like men, can be parents without bearing children?  Does one form of gestation become a status...

By Alex Philippidis, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | 02.23.2012

The U.S. Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues is grappling with many of the ethical issues arising from...

By Soraya Chemaly, RH Reality Check | 02.23.2012

What happens when women, like men, can be parents without bearing children?  Does one form of gestation become a status...