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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 Lois Rogers, The Times | 02.07.2010
Doctors have uncovered the first evidence that fathers of test-tube babies may be passing on their infertility to their sons...
By Margaret Munro, Canwest News Service | 02.05.2010

As many of the fittest humans on Earth converge here for the Olympics, scientists are stepping up warnings about gene...

By Elizabeth Weise, USA Today | 02.03.2010
In a case that could have far-reaching implications for medical research and health care based on genetics, groups representing thousands...
By Marcy Darnovsky, Progress in Bioethics | 01.29.2010

From The MIT Press announcement:

Progress in Bioethics: Science, Policy, and Politics
Edited by Jonathan D. Moreno and Sam...

By Andrew Pollack, New York Times | 01.29.2010
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - The new movie "Extraordinary Measures" is based on the true story of a father who starts...
By Clive Cookson, Financial Times | 01.28.2010
Stem cell scientists at Stanford University in California announced "a huge step forward" last night, with the publication of research...
By Chris Berdik, Washington Post | 01.26.2010

Last fall, Sgt. Timothy Gall, an Army medic stationed at Fort Belvoir, sought clues to the multiple sclerosis and heart...

By Jaya Menon, The Times of India | 01.25.2010
CHENNAI: As high drama is being played out in Indian courts over surrogacy issues, the US consulate in Chennai, perhaps...