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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 Marcy Darnovsky, Science Progress | 12.16.2008

The long-awaited stem cell announcement expected soon after inauguration day will be a welcome corrective to the Bush administration’s restrictions...

By Rob Stein and Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post | 12.13.2008
The Vatican's first authoritative statement on reproductive science in 21 years triggered intense debate yesterday about some of the most...
By Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post | 12.12.2008
Immigration and civil liberties groups condemned a new U.S. government policy to collect DNA samples from all noncitizens detained by...
By Alison Motluk Celeste Biever, New Scientist | 12.10.2008
DRUGS designed to induce ovulation seem to have increased the risk of uterine cancer in a group of women who...
By Thomas Frank , The Wall Street Journal | 12.10.2008
At long last, our national love affair with the rich is coming to a close. The moguls whose exploits we...
By Ron Leuty, San Francisco Business Times | 12.10.2008
California's stem cell agency has agreed to start paying a salary to Chairman Robert Klein, who has served unpaid since...
By Melinda Beck, The Wall Street Journal | 12.09.2008
Here's another sign of the tough economic times: Some clinics are reporting a surge in the number of women applying...
By Bernadette Tansey, San Francisco Chronicle | 12.08.2008
(12-07) 19:25 PST -- Three job candidates sit in a quiet room, straining over a tough exam. But one of...