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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 Jonathan Kahn, Biopolitical Times guest contributor | 04.20.2011

A recent issue of Nature reviewed the accomplishments of the Human Genome Project 10 years after the grand announcement of...

By Pallab Ghosh, BBC News | 04.19.2011

Mitochondrial transfer aims to replace a faulty part of a mother's egg with healthy material from a donor.

This means...
By Osagie K. Obasogie, Slate | 04.18.2011

On Jan. 31, the departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services released the newest version of the official Dietary...

By David W Freeman, CBS Health | 04.18.2011

(CBS) Is genetic testing of children a good idea? Parents seem to think so. New research shows that more than...

By Eryn Brown, Los Angeles Times | 04.18.2011

Heather Spear and William Hanberg sit with their daughter EmmaRose in an examination room at UCLA. At 21/2, EmmaRose is...

By Jessica Pauline Ogilvie, Los Angeles Times | 04.18.2011

There are plenty of medical tests that consumers can give themselves at home — tests to finds out if they...

By Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times | 04.18.2011

Reporting from Ahmedabad, India: It should have been Myleen and Jan Sjodin's greatest happiness. Their newborn was healthy, they were...

By Marimer Matos, Courthouse News Service | 04.14.2011
     Three groups conspired to fix prices for human egg donors and "reap anti-competitive profits for themselves," a donor says...