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Are You Ready for an Online Genetic Test? 26 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
For the right person, an online genetic test can be both fun and useful. But for someone else, it might be overwhelming. Or even worse, reveal things they wish they hadn
Mistakes Were Made (by Geneticist James Wilson) 26 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
A Wired article on the history of gene therapy downplays the failings of researcher James Wilson
Is Individuality the Savior of Eugenics? 23 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Once defined as
Test-Tube Babies: A Simpler, Cheaper Technique? 22 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Since the first test-tube baby was born more than three decades ago, in vitro fertilization has evolved into a highly sophisticated lab procedure. Now, scientists are going back to basics and testing ...
Blind People Can Still Identify Race (And Be Racist) 22 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Many non-racist people like to call themselves
Guess What? Racism Isn't Good Science 21 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Jason Richwine is back, sadly, with a piece in Politico, defending his previous work. But he does not address the problems with IQ tests or the fact that the "science" he looks to has been greatly pro...
Subject to Question 21 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
A fresh question has come to the fore: how best to protect human subjects in trials that examine the effectiveness of existing therapies that are already in widespread use.
Stem Cells: Egg Engineers 21 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
In a technical tour de force, Japanese researchers created eggs and sperm in the laboratory. Now, scientists have to determine how to use those cells safely
Corporate Genetics 21 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
In June the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that patents on genes were invalid. Yet corporate intellectual-property claims can still harm patients.
California Legislators Urge Speedy Inquiry into Prison Sterilizations 21 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Legislators today fast-tracked an audit into why doctors under contract with the state sterilized nearly 150 female prison inmates from 2006 to 2010 without the required authorizations.
