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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 Lindsay King-Miller, Rewire | 06.02.2017

Protecting abortion access for her, especially as conservatives try to push the definition of "life" earlier and earlier, feels just

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A hammer is shown in the middle, with several nails attached to a wooden board. The nails are dented and bent.
By Jim Kozubek, Boston Globe | 06.01.2017

Methadone Mile is a stretch of road along Massachusetts Avenue that begins in the South End and stretches north to...

A pregnant woman of color sits at a bench and table, looking down. Behind her, there is a lake and a tree trunk.
By Bernice Yeung and Jonathan Jones, Reveal News | 06.01.2017

In 1992, Congress passed a law to help protect in vitro fertilization patients after a series of scandals. It created...

Surrounded by a darkened vignette, a doctor stands looking down towards the camera against two overhead lights. It is as if the camera or viewer is undergoing surgery.
By Bernice Yeung and Jonathan Jones, Reveal News | 06.01.2017

Malissa Pineda was lying on her living room couch when her cellphone rang.

The caller’s voice sounded calm but insistent...

A person suited in bioharzard gear, examines a sample of corn in a field.
By Ken Roseboro, EcoWatch | 06.01.2017

Twenty years ago, proponents of genetic engineering promised that GMO foods would increase yields, reduce pesticides, produce nutritious foods...

Illustrated image which displays the letters ATCG (representing DNA base pairs) being built.
By Jessica Wapner, Newsweek | 05.31.2017

For the past few years, a new scientific tool known as CRISPR-Cas9 has been hailed as the future of medicine...

A nurse examines a newborn baby through a transport incubator
By Sheila Black, New York Times | 05.31.2017

Lately, the online patient support group I am part of, the XLH Network — short for X-linked hypophosphatemia, the genetic...

Portrait photo of Jennifer Doudna casually dressed and smiling in front of shaded trees.
By Nathaniel Comfort, Nature | 05.31.2017

The prospect of a memoir from Jennifer Doudna, a key player in the CRISPR story, quickens the pulse. And A...