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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...

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By Jalelah Abu Baker, Channel News Asia | 04.19.2018

SINGAPORE: The Bioethics Advisory Committee (BAC) is reviewing its current stand against genetic modification with regards to genetic disorders passed...

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By Katie Worth, Frontline | 04.19.2018

When the DNA results came back, even Lukis Anderson thought he might have committed the murder.

“I drink a lot,”...

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By Malcolm Ritter, AP [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 04.18.2018

So you want to have a baby.

Would you like a dark-haired girl with a high risk of someday getting...

Men crowded into and on a train in India
By Jasu Hu, The Washington Post | 04.18.2018

Nothing like this has happened in human history. A combination of cultural preferences, government decree and modern medical technology in...

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By Rob Stein, NPR | 04.18.2018

Gene therapy is showing promise for treating one of the most common genetic disorders.

Results of a study published Wednesday...

Three African scientists working in a lab
By Linda Nordling, Science | 04.18.2018

As the genomics revolution finally turns its attention to Africa and northern researchers flock there to collect data, scientists from...

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By Nita Farahany, wbur | 04.17.2018

Arizona has become the first state in the country to pass a law that would allow frozen embryos to be...

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By Samantha Young, The Mercury News | 04.17.2018

Rosie Zaballos liked to host playtime tea parties and was sweet to everyone she met. But her older brother worried...