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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 Nilanjana S. Roy, The New York Times | 04.13.2011
The figures tell an old and cruel story: the systematic elimination of girls in India. In the 2001 census, the...
By Solomon Times , Solomon Times | 04.11.2011

The patent application was launched by US based lawyers on behalf of Taiwanese scientist, Dr Ko Ying-Chin.

According to the...

By Marcus Wohlsen, Salon | 04.09.2011
This article is excerpted from Marcus Wohlsen's new book, "Biopunk."

The most disruptive force on the planet resides in DNA...
By Eric Hoffman and Jaydee Hanson, Biopolitical Times guest contributors | 04.07.2011

A three-judge federal appeals court heard arguments on Monday in a case that could decide the future of human gene...

By The Connexion, The Connexion | 04.07.2011

Top appeal court the Cour de Cassation has decided that a French couple’s twins born in America to a surrogate...

By Kim Tae-Jong, The Korea Times | 04.06.2011
Labor unions denounce the prosecution’s move to collect DNA samples of unionists found guilty of violence during strikes.

The criticism...
By James Meikle, The Guardian (UK) | 04.06.2011
Government advisers have endorsed the idea of a national pre-pregnancy screening programme for couples who want to know whether they...
By Matt Canham, The Salt Lake Tribune | 04.05.2011
An attorney for the U.S. government has asked a trio of appellate judges to imagine a magic microscope that would...