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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 Peter Delevett, Mercury News | 06.15.2011

Mountain View genomics startup 23andMe just hit a milestone: As of Wednesday, 100,000 people have uploaded their genetic code to...

By Kim So-hyun, The Korea Herald | 06.14.2011
The police on Tuesday sought arrest warrants for two people suspected of brokering illegal sales of human eggs and booked...
By Jonathan Kahn, Biopolitical Times guest contributor | 06.14.2011

A review of recent patent applications to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has uncovered a highly problematic...

By Malcolm Ritter, The Associated Press | 06.12.2011
This is the second story in a two-part series on fetal DNA testing and the ethical issues raised by it...
By Malcolm Ritter, San Francisco Chronicle | 06.11.2011

This is the first story in a two-part series on fetal DNA testing and the ethical issues raised by it...

By BBC, BBC News | 06.10.2011

His work led to the birth of Louise Brown, the first "test-tube baby" in July 1978. The government's "heart tsar"...

By Dita Faulkner, EmpowHER | 06.09.2011
Now this is a unique problem. In some areas, there are more boys being born than girls. For instance, as...
By Dita Faulkner, EmpowHER | 06.09.2011
Now this is a unique problem. In some areas, there are more boys being born than girls. For instance, as...