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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 David Derbyshire, The Daily Mail | 03.12.2011
The first baby with three biological parents could be conceived next year after the Government announced a major review of ...
By Matthew D'Arcy, publicservice.co.uk | 03.11.2011
A deal signed under Tony Blair's government to help the United Arab Emirates build a DNA database of its entire...
By Ron Leuty, San Francisco Business Times | 03.09.2011
The board overseeing California’s stem cell research funding agency should redefine the role of its chairman and “let the management...
By Times of India, The Times of India [Nepal] | 03.08.2011

Almost nine years after India's Supreme Court gave the legal nod to commercial surrogacy, the issue has finally surfaced in...

By Lindsey Tanner, Salon | 03.08.2011

 Was your kid born to be an elite athlete? Marketers of genetic tests claim the answer is in mail-order kits...

By Andrew Zajac, The Seattle Times | 03.08.2011
Members of a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel convened to consider new government regulation of genetic testing offered directly...
By Amy Corderoy, The Sydney Morning Herald | 03.08.2011
A leading IVF clinic is helping clients choose the sex of their baby by sending them to an overseas clinic...
By Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times | 03.07.2011
IVF treatment continues to be a popular choice for making babies. The treatment, known formally as in vitro fertilization, is...