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During his 2015 State of the Union address, then-President Barack Obama announced what he promised would be an ambitious public health project. “Tonight, I’m launching a new Precision Medicine Initiative to bring us closer to curing diseases like cancer and diabetes...

This is the 15th 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. You can read the first part here. The series...

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"These are saliva...

"If proven to be safe, we believe preventive gene editing could be one of the most important health technologies of...

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By Julianne McShane, MS Now | 05.05.2026

More than a dozen Democratic senators are demanding that the chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission abandon plans to...

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By Evie Kendal, The Conversation | 05.03.2026

The Australian Law Reform Commission is currently reviewing Australia’s surrogacy laws to ensure they’re fit for purpose and reflect the...

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By Sonya Borrero, Christine Dehlendorf, and Rachel Logan, Stat | 05.01.2026

America is worried about fertility rates — again.

Coverage of the country’s declining birth rate reflects widespread unease: Families are...

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By Nicholas Wade, The New York Times | 04.30.2026

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J. Craig Venter, a scientist and entrepreneur who...

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By Jonathan Basile, Los Ángeles Review of Books | 04.29.2026

WILLIAM BATESON, a foundational figure in the science of genetics at the turn of the last century, once recounted the...

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By Susan Dominus, The New York Times Magazine | 04.27.2026

Why are babies born young? The most natural phenomenon on earth is actually hard to explain — at least...

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By Emile P. Torres, Truthdig | 04.27.2026

The CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, is on a messianic mission to bring about the singularity, the moment at...

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By Alexandre Piquard, Le Monde [cites Katie Hasson] | 04.27.2026

"Si on en prouve la sûreté, nous croyons que l’édition préventive du génome pourrait être l’une des technologies de santé...