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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...

A hand wearing a green clinical glove holds purple test tubes containing DNA samples.
By Carolyn Y. Johnson, The Washington Post | 05.07.2018

There are 75,000 genetic tests available for sale today -- a flood of information that could provide major new insights into...

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By Amanda Hess, The New York Times | 05.06.2018

The Try Guys, a quartet of BuzzFeed personalities who film themselves undergoing often absurd and humiliating experiences on camera...

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By Erin Brodwin, Business Insider | 05.04.2018
A cartoon figure holds a large magnifying glass up to a strand of DNA
By Natalie Ram, Slate | 05.04.2018

The arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo as the suspected Golden State Killer has both thrilled and worried watchers. Bringing the...

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By Stuart Leavenworth, The Sacramento Bee | 05.03.2018

-- Wall Street has plowed billions of dollars into DNA testing companies, one of the world's fastest-growing consumer services...

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By Alana Cattapan and Françoise Baylis, The Star | 05.01.2018

Prime Minister Trudeau has stated it is time for Canadians to have a discussion about payment for surrogacy, eggs, and...

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By Tracey Loughran, The Conversation | 05.01.2018

To all outward appearances, Louise Brown looked exactly the same as thousands of other babies when her blinking, slightly quizzical...

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By The Scientist Staff, The Scientist | 05.01.2018

It’s a compelling narrative: A parent learns that his or her child has a fatal disease with no cure, and...