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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 Stephanie O'Neill, The Madeleine Brand Show | 11.16.2011
Stem cell research is expensive. But advocates say it will one day yield cures that could save Americans billions in...
By Stephanie O'Neill, The Madeleine Brand Show | 11.16.2011
Stem cell research is expensive. But advocates say it will one day yield cures that could save Americans billions in...
By Pete Shanks | 11.16.2011

Geron has quit on embryonic stem cells. The company is abandoning its world-leading clinical trial, aimed at using stem cells...

By Stephanie O'Neill, KPCC Southern California Public Radio | 11.16.2011
Stem cell therapies may one day provide cures for spinal chord injuries, heart damage and other serious medical conditions. For...
By Stephanie O'Neill, KPCC Southern California Public Radio | 11.16.2011
Stem cell therapies may one day provide cures for spinal chord injuries, heart damage and other serious medical conditions. For...
By Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune | 11.16.2011
The two-year-old case has pitted the genetic-privacy rights of families against science designed to advance public health and has put...
By Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune | 11.16.2011
The two-year-old case has pitted the genetic-privacy rights of families against science designed to advance public health and has put...
By Andrew Buncombe and Nina Lakhani, The Independent UK | 11.14.2011
Western pharmaceutical companies have seized on India over the past five years as a testing ground for drugs – making...