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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 Angelique Richardson, London Review of Books Blog | 11.04.2022

According to a recent article in the Sun on Sunday, an unnamed Tory minister is of the view that...

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By Laura Ungar, AP News | 11.04.2022

The lone volunteer in a unique study involving a gene-editing technique has died, and those behind the trial are now...

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By Jaipreet Virdi, The Washington Post | 11.04.2022

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Democrat John Fetterman’s performance in Pennsylvania’s lone Senate debate provoked intense discussions about his fitness...

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By Vanessa Caldwell, CBC | 11.03.2022

There are dozens of “Karbaat children” in the Netherlands. Their biological father is Jan Karbaat, a Dutch fertility doctor who...

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By Matthew Herper, STAT | 11.03.2022

The first time I remember hearing the words “biology’s century,” it was a sales pitch.

I was standing by the...

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By Sarah Todd, Quartz | 11.03.2022

Trying to decide on a sperm donor means sorting through a dizzying amount of information.

Log onto the site of...

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By Ellen Trachman, Above The Law | 11.02.2022

Disclaimer:  I attended and presented at this meeting, as discussed in the column. The views expressed are mine alone...

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By Mara Hvistendahl, The Intercept | 11.01.2022

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IT STARTED WITH a bold idea. “Someone finally convinced me to do something really, really stupid,” virologist...