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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...

A newborn baby lays in a  hospital crib
By Andy Coghlan, New Scientist | 04.03.2017

Some concerns have been voiced over the way in which a clinic last year created the first three-parent baby born...

A scientist with eye glasses holds a DNA strand in their left hand at eye level. In their right hand they have an instrument containing missing DNA pieces.
By Bonnie Rochman, Boston Globe [cites CGS] | 04.02.2017

Recently, two eminent groups of scientists and health and medical experts made a startling statement: Under very limited circumstances, it...

Four doctors surround a paitent undergoing surgery.
By Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times | 03.31.2017

Jim Durgeloh, 59, was desperate to avoid surgery. After a career as a construction contractor and hours of leisure time...

A baby stiffly lays in a cardboard box, surrounded by package bubble wrap.
By Marcy Darnovsky & Elliot Hosman, GeneWatch | 03.31.2017

As of this year, the creation of genetically engineered and enhanced future human beings is no longer a scientific hypothetical...

Portrait of Alondra Nelson deeply engaged at a speaking event.
By Misha Angrist, Genome Magazine | 03.30.2017

Why did you choose to examine African-Americans’ approach to genetic ancestry in The Social Life of DNA?
Given the Tuskegee...

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By Cecilia Kang & Michael D. Shear, New York Times | 03.30.2017

WASHINGTON — On the fourth floor of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, the staff of the White House chief technology...

Retina scan of an eye.
By David Cyranoski, Nature | 03.28.2017

World-first transplant, used to treat macular degeneration, represents a major step forward in movement to create banks of ready-made stem

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Pile of unused feminine hygiene products, including pads and tampons
By Clare Wilson, New Scientist | 03.28.2017

It’s ovulation in the lab. A simulated female reproductive system behaves almost like the real thing over 28 days.

“Menstruation...