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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 Kim Tae-Jong, The Korea Times | 01.06.2011
The prosecution said Thursday it had launched an investigation into allegations that RNL Bio, a biotechnology firm, and five of...
By Andrew Pollack, The New York Times | 01.04.2011
Jonathan M. Rothberg fancies himself the Steve Jobs of biotechnology. While much less known than the Apple leader, Dr. Rothberg...
By Belinda Luscombe, Time | 01.04.2011
In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a money-, time-, and dignity- gobbling exercise with lower than a third chance of success...
By Gina Maranto, Biopolitical Times guest contributor | 01.04.2011
Anyone who has been broadly dissatisfied by the bioethical response to human biotechnologies will  want to check out sociologist Amitai...
By Francine Coeytaux, Marcy Darnovsky, Susan Berke Fogel, Contraception | 01.01.2011

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By Douglas Quan, The Vancouver Sun | 01.01.2011

Killers and crooks, clean up after yourselves.

Scientists appear to be on the cusp of being able to develop physical...

By Kashmir Hill, Forbes | 12.30.2010
The next big privacy battle may be over who has access to your DNA.

It is becoming surprisingly easy for...
By Krissah Thompson, The Washington Post | 12.30.2010
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) has announced that he will grant an early release from prison to two sisters serving...