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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...

Justin Schleede reaches onto a black lab bench to pick up a tray of small plastic tubes.

"These are saliva...

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

By Alex Barnum, San Francisco Chronicle | 06.26.2005
For years, the debate over embryonic stem cell research in the United States was stuck on one question. Some ethicists...
By Sacramento Bee, Sacramento Bee | 06.23.2005

Stem cell 'enhancements' won't do the job

As part of a closed-door deal with the state Senate, leaders of California's...

By Stuart Leavenworth, Sacramento Bee | 06.23.2005
Robert Klein II is arguably the most powerful unelected official in California today. Yet as he tries to consolidate control...
By Steve Johnson, San Jose Mercury News | 06.22.2005
MOVE INTENDED TO STAVE OFF INCREASED STATE OVERSIGHT

Officials with California's $3 billion stem-cell research institute have recommended adopting tougher...
By North Jersey Media Group, North Jersey Media Group | 06.22.2005

There's a lot riding on the promise of biotechnology.

State officials say investing in the emerging medical science will improve...

By Reuters, Reuters | 06.20.2005

COPENHAGEN - Couples wanting babies are criss-crossing the globe in search of treatment as infertility in the developed world looks...

By New Scientist, New Scientist | 06.20.2005

Human embryonic stem cells have been coaxed in the lab to develop into the early forms of cells which eventually...

By North Jersey Media Group, North Jersey Media Group | 06.19.2005

With little fanfare and no direct approval of the electorate, the state of New Jersey has spent hundreds of millions...