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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 Gia Fenoglio, National Journal Magazine | 08.04.2001

What Cloning Has Wrought

Gia Fenoglio
National Journal Magazine

August 4, 2001

"Of one thing, I have no doubt. The...

By Gallup, Gallup | 08.03.2001

  Should the federal government fund stem cell research on embryos that are ...

 

   Should  Should not
created...
By Judy Norsigian and Stuart Newman, Boston Globe | 08.03.2001

On Tuesday the US House of Representatives passed a bill that would ban the cloning of human embryos and thus...

By E. J. Dionne Jr., The Washington Post | 08.03.2001

This week's House vote on human cloning produced one of the year's most interesting and unexpected alliances. Bernie Sanders, the...

By Neil Munro, National Journal | 07.21.2001
The fierce debate over federal funding for research on stem cells has focused on some profound questions, such as what...
By Richard Willing, USA Today | 07.16.2001

WASHINGTON--Activists on both sides of the abortion issue are joining forces this week to push for a total ban on...

By Zogby, Zogby | 07.02.2001
 
opposed
supportive
Regarding cloning human beings, are you*
90**
8
- Democrats
87
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- Republicans
94
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 ...
By Biotechnology Australia, Biotechnology Australia | 07.01.2001
Genetic modification of human cells is...
Yes
No
acceptable
44
42
beneficial
55
25
 
Testing embryos for pre-disposition to...