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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 Benjamin Weiser, The New York Times | 01.28.2011
A federal appeals court in Manhattan overturned a six-and-a-half-year sentence in a child pornography case on Friday, saying the judge...
By Kounteya Sinha, Times of India | 01.27.2011
A woman acting as surrogate mother in India cannot be less than 21 or over 35 years. Also, she cannot...
By Turna Ray, GenomeWeb | 01.26.2011
The National Institutes of Health and the US Food and Drug Administration will work together to update FDA's regulatory initiatives...
By Michelle Andrews, The Washington Post | 01.24.2011
Is health insurance coverage of infertility treatments an essential benefit to help people manage a medical disorder? Or is it...
By Christina Stevens, Global News | 01.24.2011
Genetically engineered pork may one day become a part of your local grocer's food list. But who's to decide whether...
By Jonathan Kahn, Biopolitical Times guest contributor | 01.24.2011
In 2009, the director of the National Science Foundation gave a key note address at an interdisciplinary conference on synthetic...
By Anwesha Mittra, Times of India | 01.23.2011
Boy or girl? Now you can choose" reads the blasphemous punchline of one of Thailand's many fertility centres that offer...
By Osagie Obasogie, The New Scientist | 01.22.2011

A great deal of scientific research – especially in medicine – relies on human subjects. Protecting volunteers has been a...