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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...

A person leans and covers their head, expressing sadness.
By Sheila Wayman, Irish Times | 12.05.2017

The day Ruth drove her car up to Howth harbour in Co Dublin and contemplated driving off the side, she...

Bird's eye view of a large group of people who are seated around a round table, looking at laptops, and infographics, with coffee mugs placed on the table.
By Rebecca Robbins, STAT | 12.04.2017

Investors searching for a new way to make big money in medicine have hit upon an age-old problem: infertility.

The...

Grayscale image of a pregnant woman, with exposed belly, sitting with her bare feet in focus in front of her. Her face is not shown, and the picture displays only her body from the shoulders down.
By Jessica Hamzelou, New Scientist | 11.29.2017

Would-be parents seeking IVF treatment use published success rates to choose a clinic – but the stats don't reflect the...

A group of Biohackers. In the middle, one of the members holds an Apple laptop. Josiah Zayner  stands beside the laptop
By Kristen V. Brown, Gizmodo | 11.29.2017

Josiah Zayner took a swig from his beer and squinted into the spotlight. He was already kind of drunk. He...

A large, multicolored representation of DNA fragments
By Rob Stein, NPR | 11.29.2017

Eli Wheatley and Christian Guardino are among a growing number of patients whose lives are apparently being saved or radically...

Gray scale photo of an adult's hand holding a baby's.
By Tina Hesman Saey, ScienceNews [cites CGS’ Marcy Darnovsky] | 11.28.2017

A doctor explains to a young couple that he has screened the pair’s in vitro fertilized embryos and selected those...

Senator Schumer stands behind a podium, surrounded by press.
By Daniella Silva, NBC News | 11.26.2017

It's in our genes to be suspicious of fine print.

So, with the holiday season in full swing, Sen. Chuck...

A corn plant springs up from the soil.
By David Nield, Science Alert | 11.23.2017

Traditionally, most spying and intelligence gathering has been done by highly trained human operatives. But the US military has a...