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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.

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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 Rob Stein, National Public Radio | 09.20.2018

Scientists say they have taken a potentially important — and possibly controversial — step toward creating human eggs in a...

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By Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic | 09.19.2018

In 2014, Ralph Taylor applied to have his insurance company in Washington State certified as a “disadvantaged business enterprise.” The ...

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By Mara Gordon, National Public Radio | 09.19.2018

When patients come to Dr. Molly Quinn for infertility treatments, they usually aren't too interested in hearing about the possible...

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By Matthew Weaver, The Guardian | 09.18.2018

The fertility regulator has called for DNA testing websites to warn customers about the risks of uncovering traumatic family secrets...

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By Amber Haque, BBC | 09.17.2018

Labour is calling for a ban on parents-to-be being told the sex of their baby after early blood tests, amid...

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By Laura Hercher, The New York Times | 09.15.2018

In many ways, Matt Fender, a 32-year-old resident of New York City, is the prototypical 23andMe customer: tech-savvy, educated, a...

Cover of Beyond Bioethics: Helical DNA on yellow background
By Travis Chi Wing Lau , Somatosphere [review of the book edited by CGS' Osagie K Obasogie and Marcy Darnovsky] | 09.13.2018

The science will let loose its cascading interactions with utter impassivity; yet how we inhabit that knowledge will be a...

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By Madeline Roache, Al Jazeera News | 09.13.2018

Kiev, Ukraine - Throughout Ukraine, advertisements about becoming a surrogate mother are plastered on buses and throughout the metro...