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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 Michael Mezher, Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society | 01.04.2018

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday warned stem cell product supplier American CryoStem Corporation for marketing an...

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By Elizabeth Cook, KPIX 5 [features CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 01.04.2018

A revolutionary way for human beings to reproduce appears inevitable, and the future may be closer than any of us...

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By Hillary Savoie, Romper | 01.04.2018

When I saw the email asking me to write about the recent Ohio law that makes performing an abortion after...

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By Sarah Knapton, The Telegraph | 01.04.2018

Women transitioning to men must be offered egg storage on the NHS, because they have the right to become parents...

A pregnant woman lays with her stomach exposed on a hospital bed, and looks over to her side viewing a sonogram machine which displays a fetus.
By Sarah White, Reuters | 01.03.2018

A majority of French people would favor allowing surrogate motherhood, though primarily only for medical reasons, a poll showed on...

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By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post | 01.03.2018

A landmark gene therapy to treat a rare, inherited form of blindness will cost $850,000 — a price tag so daunting that its maker will...

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By Ruchira Sharma, International Business Times | 01.02.2018

China's illegal surrogacy market is booming with vast numbers of women earning money through offering their wombs for service.

Women...

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By Matthew C. Nisbet, American Scientist | 01.01.2018

Public dialogue about the new technology will require major investments from scientists, journalists, and philanthropists.

In 2014 biochemist Jennifer Doudna...