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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 Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | 12.10.2018

If you want to win a race or stick to a difficult diet, coaches of all kinds will tell you...

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By Robert Salonga, The Mercury News [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 12.10.2018

SAN FRANCISCO — Accusing the government of violating constitutional privacy rights, a trio of civil liberties groups is suing the...

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By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 12.09.2018

The California stem cell agency, state regulators and lawmakers are taking aim at the more than 100 dubious, unregulated "stem...

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By Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times | 12.07.2018

Just over a year ago, CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna of UC Berkeley talked with me about the prospects that the...

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By Anna Fazackerley, The Guardian | 12.06.2018

University College London has launched an inquiry into its historical links with eugenics, following pressure from students and staff.

It...

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By Editorial, Nature | 12.05.2018

People like to say that science is self-correcting. Events in China last week pose a serious challenge to that reassuring...

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By Elizabeth Cook (reporting), KPIX 5 CBS SF Bay Area (with CGS' Marcy Darnovsky) | 12.04.2018

(KPIX 5) – A Chinese scientist with Bay Area ties is reportedly missing, just days after unveiling a controversial genetic...

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By Paul Knoepfler, STAT | 12.03.2018

On a cold, drizzly night almost three years ago, I stood inside the nearly deserted Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C...