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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...

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By Michael White, Pacific Standard Magazine | 09.13.2017

Four crucial facts about race, sex, and biology that contradict this messy argument.

In America, we've had a long history...

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By Paul Bentley, Sara Smyth, Katherine Faulkner , Daily Mail Investigations Unit | 09.12.2017

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The fertility watchdog last night launched a major crackdown on clinics exposed by the Daily Mail for...

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By Brian Love, Reuters | 09.12.2017

The right of lesbian couples and single women to have access to assisted reproduction was “a matter of social justice”...

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By Graham Rayman, New York Daily News | 09.12.2017

The Legal Aid Society launched a broadside Monday at the state’s familial DNA testing proposal, saying the move is an...

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By Stephanie M. Lee, BuzzFeed | 09.12.2017

The round, led by Sequoia Capital, will help 23andMe reach more new customers and double down on its efforts to

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By Gina Kolata, New York Times | 09.11.2017

The first gene therapy treatment in the United States was approved recently by the Food and Drug Administration, heralding...

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By Sarah Buhr, Tech Crunch | 09.09.2017

23andMe is best known for its $199 at-home spit-tube DNA test, but the consumer genetics company has been making strides...

A cracked light bulb is tipped on its side,a weak current is visible causing a glow. The background has an eerie mix of black and white colors and shadow.
By Jim Kozubek, Los Angeles Review of Books [cites CGS] | 09.07.2017

TWO TRENDS are on the rise, and one is about to make the other worse.

The first is epitomized in...