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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 Mark Henderson, The Times | 10.24.2008
The development of a universal embryo test that can detect almost any genetic disease is a landmark in medical science's...
By Solomon Moore, The New York Times | 10.24.2008
LOS ANGELES - Local and state law enforcement agencies have made uneven progress in reducing a nationwide backlog of cases...
By Richard Powers, GQ | 10.24.2008
I come from a long line of folks, on my mother's side, with congenital difficulty making choices. My father's family...
By Rebecca Zacks, Xconomy | 10.23.2008
Nine months after slashing its staff and discontinuing marketing of its only marketed product-a heart-failure drug approved specifically for African...
By David Eggert, Associated Press | 10.23.2008
LANSING, Mich. -- A television ad created by opponents of a ballot measure that would allow embryonic stem-cell research in...
By Rachel Chan, Asia One | 10.23.2008
NEW service touted as Singapore's first DNA test to predict kids' talents is barely three months old, but it has...
By AP, Associated Press | 10.22.2008

LONDON (AP) British plans to allow scientists to use hybrid animal-human embryos for stem cell research won final approval from...

By Alan Boyle, MSNBC | 10.20.2008
Is there a problem?
The best case for GOP presidential candidate John McCain's maverick status could be made by pointing...