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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 Adi Narayan, Time | 11.27.2009
At first it sounded like science fiction, curing genetic diseases by giving people new genes. Then it seemed like simple...
By Reuters, Reuters | 11.25.2009

The number of baby boys conceived by a fertility treatment known as ICSI may be lower than what is produced...

By Fiona Hamilton, The Times (UK) | 11.24.2009
A missing Pokémon set was a big deal to a young boy in the Nineties. The cards were treasured and...
By BBC, BBC news | 11.24.2009

Police officers in England and Wales have made arrests just to get people on to the DNA database, a retired...

By Mayra Pertossi, Associated Press | 11.21.2009
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Valuing truth over the right to privacy, Argentina's Congress has authorized the forced extraction of DNA...
By Sanchita Sharma, Hindustan Times | 11.20.2009
“Select your baby’s gender at will in 3 simple steps with 94% accuracy”: that’s not a furtive sign at a...
By European Biotechnology Science and Industry News, European Biotechnology Science and Industry News | 11.20.2009

The five largest suppliers of synthetic DNA will establish common measures to prevent misuse of synthetically produced DNA by bioterorrists...

By Maggie Fox, Reuters | 11.19.2009
Advanced Cell Technology, a small Massachusetts-based biotechnology company, said on Thursday it has asked for approval to test human embryonic...