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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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"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 George Janes, BioNews | 04.20.2026

New regulations in sperm donation are being implemented by Belgium's Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products (FAMHP), following revelations...

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By Abby Vesoulis, Mother Jones | 04.18.2026

Two years ago, we devoted an entire issue to the rise of the American oligarchy. Since then, our oligarchic...

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By Julianna LeMieux, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | 04.14.2026

Twenty years ago, Sven Bocklandt, PhD, sought to create a hypoallergenic cat. He had the genetic engineering chops to do...

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By Carly Mallenbaum and Alex Golden, Axios | 04.08.2026

Without a federal law, surrogacy in the U.S. is governed by a patchwork of state regulations that can determine everything...

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By Miguel Muñoz, Cadena SER [cites Marcy Darnovsky] | 04.08.2026

"Para ellos, una familia numerosa no solo es una preferencia personal, sino que es una obligación. Creen que tener tantos...

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By Sarah Elizabeth Richards, Scientific American | 04.02.2026

For the past two decades, fertility specialists have wrestled with a troubling question: Why do Black people have lower live...

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By Anna Collinson and Jo Adnitt, BBC | 04.02.2026

The government in northern Cyprus has said it is launching an investigation after several British families told the BBC they...

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By Dr. Coco Newton, Progress Educational Trust | 03.30.2026

Have you ever wondered what it means to have dozens of half-siblings across the world – or to never know...