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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...

Bird's eye view of an adult with slender features working, using a laptop, and notebook and surrounded by coffee, plant and candle on a wooden desk.
By Alison DeNisco, Tech Republic [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 08.15.2017

Women leave jobs at mid-career in tech at higher rates than those in other fields. It's possible that benefits like

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Spotlighted against a black shadowy background is a blue DNA model projected by an upside down shaped pyramid hologram
By Brendan P. Foht, Foreign Affairs [cites CGS] | 08.14.2017

What U.S. Government Policy Should Be

News that U.S. scientists led by Oregon Health and Sciences University biologist Shoukrat Mitalipov...

two people in lab coats edit a strand of DNA
By Rebecca Cokley, The Washington Post | 08.10.2017

It’s ironic that news of a breakthrough in human gene editing was released on July 26. That was the...

DNA gel being held on a clear glass tray by a gloved technician.
By Pema Levy, Mother Jones | 08.10.2017

Forensic science is an embattled field. As DNA testing has overturned hundreds of convictions based on flawed forensic evidence, scientists and...

Close-up of a double helix structure positioned horizontally.
By Joel Michael Reynolds, Time | 08.09.2017

On August 2nd, scientists achieved a milestone on the path to human genetic engineering. For the first time in the...

Microscopic image of oocyte.
By Tom Ashbrook, NPR On Point [features Marcy Darnovsky] | 08.08.2017

After the blockbuster announcement a U.S. team successfully edited human embryos come the tough medical and ethical questions. We’ll talk...

Model of an egg surrounded by sperm, and illuminated by a light angled from above.
By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 08.07.2017

Scientists are trying to manufacture eggs and sperm in the laboratory. Will it end reproduction as we know it?

Let’s...

An empty room with several rows of chairs facing a stage with a screen that reads "FDA"
By Kristen V. Brown, Gizmodo | 08.07.2017

John Zhang, a New York fertility doctor, wanted to push the boundaries of science and fertility by giving women at...