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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 pipette is inserted into one test tube, among several, standing upright in a test tube rack.
By Ann Givens and Robert Lewis, The Trace | 09.25.2017

The city is ramping up its efforts to collect genetic material. But the absence of oversight alarms forensic and legal...

Forensic equipment, including crime scene tape, gloves, and evidence bag.
By Kristen V. Brown, Gizmodo | 09.25.2017

If you’ve ever watched a prime-time crime drama like CSI, you know that DNA evidence is often the linchpin that...

Four small pigs sleep side by side on top of a ground floor covered with hay.
By Kelly Servick, Science | 09.22.2017

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND—Add your name to a waitlist for a kidney transplant in the United States today, and you’ll join...

Marcy Darnovsky speaks among  panel at CRISPRcon
By Michael Fernandez, George Washington University Food Institute [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 09.21.2017

On August 16-17, at the University of California at Berkeley, more than 300 people gathered to explore science, society and...

Illustration of an 8-cell stage embryo
By Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian.com [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 09.21.2017

A genetic tool allows researchers to disable a gene key to human development in a closely regulated experiment

For the...

An empty laboratory with tools such as microscopes
By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 09.20.2017

For the first time, scientists have edited the DNA in human embryos to make a fundamental discovery about the earliest...

Close-up of a human stem cell surrounded by chemicals
By Antonio Regalado, MIT Tech Review | 09.19.2017

Stem cells can be coaxed to self-assemble into structures resembling human embryos.

Yue Shao had never seen anything quite like...

Excited Baltimore Ravens fans are standing behind a fence hoping to get their gear signed.
By Stephanie M. Lee, BuzzFeed | 09.18.2017

At the Ravens vs. Browns game on Sunday, a biotech startup had planned to hand out tens of thousands of

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