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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 Terri Somers, The Union Tribune | 12.06.2008
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has expressed "deep concern" about the state stem cell institute's plans to set the salaries for the...
By Sarah Lyall, The New York Times | 12.04.2008
LONDON — The European Court of Human Rights ruled unanimously on Thursday that Britain’s policy of gathering and storing the...
By McClatchy Newspapers, McClatchy Newspapers | 12.04.2008

Duke University study shows that 41% of patients who finished fertility treatment consider donating embryos

The US debate over embryonic...

By Rick Weiss, Center for American Progress | 12.04.2008
The incoming Obama administration will soon have the opportunity to reassert U.S. scientific leadership in two of the most exciting...
By Mass High Tech, Mass High Tech | 12.02.2008

Worcester biotech Advanced Cell Technology Inc. and Korean biotech CHA Biotech Co. Ltd. have formed a new stem cell technology...

By Juliet Macur, New York Times | 11.30.2008
BOULDER, Colo. — When Donna Campiglia learned recently that a genetic test might be able to determine which sports suit...
By Bernadette Tansey, San Francisco Chronicle | 11.29.2008

Stem cell research advocates have waited nearly eight years for the policy change President-elect Barack Obama has signaled he'll make...

By Gautum Naik, Wall Street Journal | 11.29.2008
Scientists are making strides toward designing noninvasive tests that can tell whether a fetus suffers from inherited disorders such as...