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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 Andrew Pollack, New York Times | 11.30.2011
BGI, based in China, is the world’s largest genomics research institute, with 167 DNA sequencers producing the equivalent of 2,000...
By Lauren Gravitz, Nature News | 11.30.2011

Gene therapy, an approach most commonly explored for curing chronic genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis, may also prove practical...

By Andrew Pollack, New York Times | 11.30.2011
BGI, based in China, is the world’s largest genomics research institute, with 167 DNA sequencers producing the equivalent of 2,000...
By Lauren Gravitz, Nature News | 11.30.2011

Gene therapy, an approach most commonly explored for curing chronic genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis, may also prove practical...

By Associated Press, Boston Globe | 11.28.2011
The Biotechnology Industry Organization spent almost $2 million in the third quarter as it lobbied Congress, the White House, and...
By Associated Press, Boston Globe | 11.28.2011
The Biotechnology Industry Organization spent almost $2 million in the third quarter as it lobbied Congress, the White House, and...
By Duff Wilson, New York Times | 11.23.2011


Merck has agreed to pay $950 million and has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge over the marketing and sales...
By Duff Wilson, New York Times | 11.23.2011


Merck has agreed to pay $950 million and has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge over the marketing and sales...