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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...

Microscopic image of in vitro fertilization. Sperm egg infusion on blue background.
By Adam Eley, BBC | 09.10.2018

There is an urgent need to tackle a decline in male fertility and address the "absurd" reliance on giving female...

Padlock attached to a DNA strand on a blue background.
By Monica Rodriguez, Fortune | 09.10.2018

Kylie Charles spent years carefully weighing the pros and cons of genetic testing until her curiosity got the better of...

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By Daniel Bojar, The Biologist [review of the book edited by CGS' Osagie K Obasogie and Marcy Darnovsky] | 09.06.2018

The dramatic pace of scientific discoveries in recent decades has not only led to remarkable improvements in domains such as...

By Erin Allday and Joaquin Palomino, San Francisco Chronicle [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 09.06.2018

It was an extraordinary political proposal: Approve a $3 billion bond measure to fund the cutting-edge science of stem cell...

Picture of the white, domed, United States Capital building.
By Editorial Board, The Washington Post | 09.04.2018

THE SEARCH for the so-called Golden State Killer — who allegedly raped dozens of women and killed at least 12...

Book cover for Beyond Bioethics with twisted DNA strand on a yellow background.
By Jordan Liz, Metapsychology Online Reviews [Review of the book edited by CGS' Osagie K Obasogie and Marcy Darnovsky] | 09.04.2018

From the successful cloning of Dolly the sheep, to the FDA's approval of BiDil as the first race-specific medication to...

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By Sarah Knapton, The Telegraph | 09.03.2018

Children born through IVF are six times more likely to suffer high blood pressure than naturally conceived children, putting them...

By Silvia Blanco, El País | 08.31.2018

The Spanish Consulate in Kiev is examining the cases of 30 Spanish families currently in Ukraine and who are unable...