Genetics

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Should biotech piggy go to market?
Consumer advocates worry that the FDA is throwing open the barn door to genetically engineered animals too quickly.
Is a need for skinny jeans in the genes?
New evidence finds that anorexia may be at least partly genetic.
Craig Venter is the future
The most groundbreaking science is being done outside academia and government. And the egomaniacal geneticist is leading the way.
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
The Suns get tough just in time to tie the Spurs and salvage their season. Plus: Are prosthetic legs fair in a race?
Bionic parents and techno-children
Author Liza Mundy talks about "designer babies," the "epidemic" of twins, and why assisted reproduction is the world's biggest social experiment.
Are we playing dice with the biosphere?
Veteran tech writer Denise Caruso warns us how little we really know about genetic engineering -- and says there's a smarter way to place bets on new technology.
Synthetic biologists: We're not irresponsible
An M.I.T. biological engineering professor rejects the ETC Group's critique
Fun with synthetic biology
An enyzme here, an enzyme there, pretty soon you're talking serious ecological mayhem.
"Fat Soap"? Fat chance
Nothing about this product is "Jurassic."
Love, or biology?
Research suggests that women prefer men whose genetic makeup differs from their own.
Fainting goats - just horsing around?
Genetic disorders in animals are wacky.
The mothers of all Jewish mothers
The ancestry of 40 percent of Ashkenazi Jews is traced to four women.
Women more likely to inherit depression
A new study suggests women's "variable hormonal environment" makes them more susceptible.
Nanomedicine's brave new world
In just a few years, doctors will know everyone's genetic identity. This knowledge will be a blessing -- and a curse.
Pink? Blue? Take your pick
200 couples choose the gender of their babies in a study of why they'd want to.
The Big Idea: Accelerated Bioremediation
Genetically engineering bacteria to eat our most toxic Superfund sites for dinner.
Just like a woman
Lawrence Summers was right about one thing: There are innate differences between males and females. And if we want everyone to succeed, we shouldn't dismiss them.
Decoding humanity, down to the last atom
Glyn Moody's "Digital Code of Life" tells the story of the bioinformatic revolution: The merging of computers and molecular biology.
One vote for the new eugenics
Yes, genetics research can alleviate suffering. But in our consumerist, narcissistic society, it's ultimately about producing perfect people. Part 2 of "How I Decoded the Human Genome."
A mind of their own
In his compelling book "Nature via Nurture," Matt Ridley explains how genes don't serve as blueprints for behavior, but instead interact with the environment to create who we are.
Freak show
From a man with pig cells in his brain to an orphaned child with five parents, the new documentary "Bloodlines" explores how genetic engineering is already changing us.
Y are men necessary?
Two new books on genetics explore how the Y-chromosome divides males from females -- and ask whether male humans are headed for the biological dustbin.
Faster! Stronger! Less human!
In "Enough," Bill McKibben argues that genetic engineering will deprive our children of their freedom to choose who and what they are.
"Human beings, as currently constituted, are good enough"
Bill McKibben says that the brave new genetic world may give us better teeth and brains -- but it'll steal our souls.
National Genes, Inc.
Going once, going twice, gone! Estonia's gene pool has been sold to the bidder in the front row.
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