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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...

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By Katie Hunt, CNN | 07.30.2025

Scientists are exploring ways to mimic the origins of human life without two fundamental components: sperm and egg.

They are...

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By Kristel Tjandra, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | 07.30.2025

CRISPR has taken the bioengineering world by storm since its first introduction. From treating sickle cell diseases to creating disease-resistant...

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By Susanna Smith, Genetic Frontiers | 07.28.2025

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How does the American far right view genetics and genetic technologies?

What is the history of the American...

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By Arthur Caplan and James Tabery, Scientific American | 07.28.2025

An understandable ethics outcry greeted the June announcement of a software platform that offers aspiring parents “genetic optimization” of their...

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By Keith Casebonne and Jodi Beckstine [with CGS' Katie Hasson], Disability Deep Dive | 07.24.2025

In this episode of Disability Deep Dive, hosts Keith and Jodi explore the complex interplay between disability science, technology...

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By Matt Novak, Gizmodo | 07.23.2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Secretary of Health and Human Services, has made a big push to get agencies like...

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By Angus Liu, Fierce Pharma | 07.22.2025

A brief skirmish between Sarepta Therapeutics and the FDA has ended before escalating into a full-on regulatory clash, as the...

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By Ben Fidler and Ned Pagliarulo, Biopharma Dive | 07.21.2025

One month ago, a 51-year-old man treated in a clinical trial with an experimental gene therapy became dangerously sick. The...