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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...

the california flag which shows a bear facing left on a patch of grass in a white background. The words CALIFORNIA REPUBLIC are underneath it in yellow and below that is a horizontal red stripe
By Phil Barber, The Press Democrat | 05.03.2023

On the final day of 2021, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a program meant to soothe some of the harm...

two scientists stand on a teal slope with a white background. One scientist is pulling out a rung from a DNA ladder
By Sarojini Nadimpally, The BMJ | 05.03.2023

Challenges exist around heritable gene editing, its potential medical applications, ethical implications, and the need for regulatory mechanisms in the...

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By Rob Stein, NPR | 05.02.2023

When Chase Finazzo was just a few years old, his parents noticed Chase was pretty clumsy. But they didn't think...

A eugenics poster
By Émile P. Torres, Truthdig | 05.01.2023

When most people hear the word “eugenics,” they immediately think of the Nazis. And for good reason: the Nazis force-sterilized...

an anti abortion ban protest
By Carla Hall, Los Angeles Times | 05.01.2023

Among the dubious points that U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk makes in his recent ruling suspending the Food and Drug...

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By Carolyn Y. Johnson, The Washington Post | 04.28.2023

DACULA, Ga. — For as long as he can remember, Jimi Olaghere felt he was destined to be a father...

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By Claire Moses, The New York Times | 04.28.2023

A man who has fathered between 550 and 600 children over the past 16 years is not allowed to donate...

A gloved pink cartoon hand holding a cartoon vial with blue liquid and 3 pink embryos in it
By Kristine Thomason, Women's Health | 04.27.2023

At 22, Arianna W. was certain she wanted to freeze her eggs—one day.

It was 2016, and she was interning...