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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...

the contents of a 23 and Me test kit: test tube with funnel and two white caps in a white and green box
By Catharine Wang, The Conversation | 05.14.2018

Aggressive marketing techniques and the popularization of “gifting” recreational ancestry tests has led more consumers than ever to the world...

A pair of hands holds a small dish filled with gel, out of focus, hand-labeled jars on the table
By Emily Baumgaertner, The New York Times | 05.14.2018

WASHINGTON — As a teenager, Keoni Gandall already was operating a cutting-edge research laboratory in his bedroom in Huntington Beach...

Oocyte with zona pellucida
By Ariana Eunjung Cha, The Washington Post [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 05.14.2018

When future historians look back on the 21st century, one of the most iconic photos may be...

Black and white photo of a pregnant abdomen
By Erin Heidt-Forsythe and Heather Silber Mohamed, The Washington Post | 05.13.2018

This Mother’s Day, many women (and men) around the globe are struggling to have children, turning to a variety of...

Black and white engraving of a neanderthal profile.
By Hannah Devlin, The Guardian | 05.11.2018

Scientists are preparing to create “miniature brains” that have been genetically engineered to contain Neanderthal DNA, in an unprecedented attempt...

A mother and father lie down with their baby in between them. They smile and look at the baby while holding its hands. The baby looks off into the distance.
By Katie Stoll, The DNA Exchange | 05.10.2018

Last week Phil Rogers, of Chicago NBC News reported that he submitted a DNA sample from his dog, Baily, to...

Close up of plastic tube dropping liquid into clear plastic test tubes in a DNA lab at the University of Michigan.
By Russell Brandom, The Verge | 05.10.2018

Monday afternoon, workers at a treatment plant in Augusta, Georgia found something unusual traveling through the city’s wastewater. A mass...

A black buggy pulled by a horse on a road with green fields on either side
By Eric Boodman, STAT | 05.08.2018

The meeting could determine whether the two young siblings would keep going blind. The doctor knew that going in, but he...