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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 Peter Aldhous and Eugenie Samuel Reich, New Scientist | 02.15.2007

It is one of the best-known stem cell papers in the past five years, describing adult cells that seemed to...

By Peta Hellard, Herald Sun | 02.14.2007

The a 45-year-old businessman and 37-year-old housewife have three young sons and are hoping to complete their family using the...

By Wesley J. Smith, The Weekly Standard | 02.14.2007

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) recently announced its "Guidelines for the Conduct of Embryonic Stem Cell Research."...

By Michael Crichton, New York Times | 02.13.2007

YOU, or someone you love, may die because of a gene patent that should never have been granted in the...

By Ron Winslow, Wall Street Journal | 02.12.2007

Five soldiers at a military base in Texas are about to participate in a remarkable test to see if they...

By Gareth Cook, Boston Globe | 02.12.2007

Scientists announced yesterday the discovery of important genetic clues to diabetes, opening a new chapter in the study of the...

By Krittivas Mukherjee, Reuters | 02.12.2007

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Jyoti Dave is pregnant, but when the 30-year-old gives birth in March the baby will not be...

By Sacramento Bee, Sacramento Bee | 02.12.2007

California's stem cell research institute has received little attention of late, and agency officials probably prefer it that way. But...