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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...

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By Peter Ward, Slate | 03.30.2026

I’m in a cramped examination room at a clinic in Panama City. The lights are dim, and calming classical music...

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By Mary Hartnett, WFYI | 03.30.2026

"1907 Indiana Eugenics Law" via Wikimedia Commons | CC by-SA 4.0

Indiana was the first government in the...

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By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 03.30.2026

After operating in secrecy for years, a startup company called R3 Bio, in Richmond, California, suddenly shared details about its...

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By Carly Mallenbaum, Axios [cites Emily Galpern] | 03.29.2026

More Americans are turning to surrogacy to build their families, as the practice becomes more common and more publicly...

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By Carly Mallenbaum, Axios [cites Surrogacy360] | 03.29.2026

Without a federal law, surrogacy in the U.S. is governed by a patchwork of state regulations/

Why it matters: Confusing...

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By Staff, GMWatch | 03.28.2026

Following a recent podcast interview we were asked whether there is any solid scientific research looking at how gene expression...

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By Ryan Knutson and Emily Glazer, The Journal | 03.27.2026

Genetically engineered babies are banned in the U.S. But that isn’t stopping Silicon Valley tech titans from trying to make...

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By David Jensen, The California Stem Cell Report | 03.26.2026

SACRAMENTO, Ca. -- California’s $12 billion stem cell and gene therapy program scored a historic first today, announcing that it...