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This is the 10th 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. The series is organized by Osagie K. Obasogie in...

One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to announce a forthcoming “One...

There is growing concern that falling fertility rates will lead to economic and demographic catastrophe. The social and political movement...

In the U.S., it’s illegal to edit genes in human embryos with the intention of creating a genetically engineered baby...

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By Gina Kolata, The New York Times | 06.20.2025

A single infusion of a stem cell-based treatment may have cured 10 out of 12 people with the most severe...

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By Briana Contreras, Managed Healthcare Executive | 06.17.2025

A new 13-year study published in The New England Journal of Medicine confirmed that adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy—a technique...

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By Ron Leuty, San Francisco Business Times | 06.16.2025

23andMe's two-step sale to a nonprofit led by former CEO Anne Wojcicki is nothing more than a dance around California's...

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By Angus Liu, Fierce Pharma | 06.16.2025

A second patient has died following treatment with Sarepta Therapeutics’ Elevidys, raising more doubts about the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)...

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By Elise Kinsella, ABC News | 06.15.2025

When *Sarah and her partner needed fertility testing, it was Monash IVF that the pair turned to.

"Having a quick...

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By Siddhi Mahatole and Mariam E. Sunny, Reuters | 06.13.2025

Anne Wojcicki is set to regain control of 23andMe after a $305 million bid from a nonprofit she controls topped...

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By Tory Shepherd, The Guardian | 06.13.2025

IVF is “big business” and experts are concerned about conflicts of interest between profit-making and helping families have children.

Monash...

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By Hilary Bowman-Smart and Craig Stanbury, The Conversation | 06.12.2025

Monash IVF CEO Michael Knaap has resigned after one of the company’s Melbourne clinics mistakenly transferred the wrong embryo to...