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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.

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"If proven to be safe, we believe preventive gene editing could be one of the most important health technologies of...

A gloved hand holds a DNA profile up to a light.
By Bradley J. Fikes, San Diego Union Tribune | 09.04.2017

Anonymized genomes can be traced back to the people they came from by linking the data to identifiable individual traits, ...

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By Charles Piller, STAT | 08.31.2017

Proove Biosciences, a formerly high-flying genetic testing firm whose science and business practices have been challenged by experts and former...

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By Alessandra Potenza, The Verge | 08.30.2017

About two-thirds of Americans support the use of gene editing to treat diseases, according to a new survey. But opinions...

An empty baby cradle, with a spinning mobile of bear toys hanging above.
By David M. Perry, The Nation | 08.29.2017

We’re on the cusp of being able to genetically shape our offspring, but without accurately informing would-be parents, genetic diversity...

Microsopic image of fertilized egg.
By Karla Lant, Futurism [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 08.21.2017

As the scientific community takes in the work of the team who edited the DNA of the human embryos this

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By Patricia Stapleton, The Conversation | 08.21.2017

The first “test-tube baby” made headlines around the world in 1978, setting off intense debate on the ethics of researching...

Microscopic image of sperm is injected directly into an egg
By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 08.18.2017

From the thirteenth floor of a glass tower at the Oregon Health & Science University, you get a panoramic view...

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By Eric Boodman, STAT | 08.16.2017

It was a strange moment of triumph against racism: The gun-slinging white supremacist Craig Cobb, dressed up for daytime TV...