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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 Deutsche Welle, Deutche Welle | 08.19.2004

 

At a meeting in Berlin on Thursday, members of the committee that advises the German government on ethical issues...

By Kaiser Daily Women's Health Policy Report, Kaiser Daily Women's Health Policy Report | 08.16.2004

California voters are "almost evenly divided" on a ballot measure that would provide the state with nearly $3 billion in...

By Claire Keeton, AllAfrica.Com | 08.15.2004

South Africa has moved from a total ban on human cloning to allowing limited use for the treatment of diseases...

By Deutsche Welle, Deutsche Welle | 08.13.2004

Though cloning is already illegal in Germany, medical associations and a broad roster of politicians on Friday called on the...

By Xinhuanet, Xinhuanet | 08.12.2004

ROME, Aug. 11 (Xinhuanet) -- Italy reacted with shock and disapproval on Wednesday to the news that British scientists have...

By BBC News, BBC News | 08.11.2004


The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority granted the licence to experts at the University of Newcastle.

 

They are investigating...

By Pratap Ravindran, The Hindu Business Line | 08.10.2004

Pune , Aug. 9


INDIA hankers to be a global centre in biotechnology, and it hopes that some day the...

By Scoop, Scoop | 08.06.2004

 

6 August, 2004

 

 

GE babies banned but problems remain with HART bill

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