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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 Isabel Oakeshott and Sarah-Kate Templeton, The Sunday Times | 03.16.2008

When Liz Shipley was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) it came as little surprise. The 36-year-old from Newcastle had...

By Indo-Asian News Service, Indo-Asian News Service | 03.15.2008

New Delhi: The advent of Internet has emerged as a new threat as overseas agencies are posting advertisements for sex...

By Bryn Nelson, Nature Reports | 03.13.2008
"Are you making money from the media frenzy that surrounds stem cells?"
Stem-cell banking: lifeline or sub-prime?

The pitch, delivered...
By Marcy Darnovsky, San Francisco Chronicle | 03.12.2008

While gay families and their supporters await the California Supreme Court's ruling on the constitutionality of a voter-approved law banning...

By David Epstein, Sports Illustrated | 03.11.2008

I am one of the most avid sports fans you'll find," Se-Jin Lee says. It's true. He'll watch anything. Basketball...

By Lisa Krieger, San Jose Mercury News | 03.11.2008

Wanted: Your genes.

Hoping to link illnesses to genetics and lifestyle, the federal government is exploring the possibility of recruiting...

By Amelia Gentleman, New York Times | 03.10.2008
MUMBAI — Yonatan Gher and his partner, who are Israeli, plan eventually to tell their child about being made in...
By Clare Murphy, BBC News | 03.10.2008

For a long time, the debate about the genetic testing of embryos has focused on whether we should stop people...