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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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"These are saliva...

"If proven to be safe, we believe preventive gene editing could be one of the most important health technologies of...

Writing on genes
By Jack Murtha, Healthcare Analytics News [with CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 08.03.2018

In 1951, Henrietta Lacks walked into Johns Hopkins Hospital complaining of vaginal bleeding. Although she died later that year, her...

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By Megan Molteni, Wired | 08.03.2018

Since the launch of its DNA testing service in 2007, genomics giant 23andMe has convinced more than 5 million people...

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By Kristen V Brown, Bloomberg | 08.02.2018

Genetic-testing companies that have decoded the DNA of millions just introduced new guidelines to protect data privacy.

But those best...

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By Sarah Russo, The Technoskeptic [Cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 08.01.2018

A common belief of technocentrism is that if we have the ability, why not use it? The rapid advancements in...

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By Daniel Engber, Slate | 07.31.2018

On May 18, W. French Anderson, known as the “father of gene therapy,” was released from prison on parole. Two...

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By Donna Dickenson, Project Syndicate | 07.31.2018

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics’ recent endorsement of human genome editing has drawn fire from experts – including at least...

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By Stuart A. Newman, Counterpunch | 07.31.2018

Human civilization has taken an important turn with the publication of a new report by the Nuffield Council, the semi-official...

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By Tony Romm and Drew Harwell, Washington Post | 07.31.2018

Ancestry, 23andMe and other popular companies that offer genetic testing pledged on Tuesday to be upfront when they share users’...