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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 clock is infinitely spiraling downward.
By Nicole Hemmer , Vox | 03.28.2017

“[Geert] Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny,” Iowa Rep. Steve King tweeted earlier this month, referring to...

Close-up of a mosquito
By Kerry Grens, The Scientist | 03.28.2017

In an effort to prevent the spread of Zika virus, Harris County officials are in discussions with Oxitec to release

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A woman is laying on a doctor's bed, undergoing an ultra-sound examination.
By Angela Mulholland, CTV News | 03.28.2017

Many Canadians who have turned to assisted reproductive technologies over the past 10 years are now eligible for a retroactive...

Street art illustrating a double helix. In between there appears human hands as if imprisoned by the strands.
By Anthony O'Reilly, Queens Chronicle | 03.27.2017

The DNA subcommittee of the state Commission on Forensic Science Monday unanimously approved the use of familial testing in New...

Black and white photo displaying two police motor bikes.
By Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic | 03.27.2017

Bioethicists studying a small program in Dallas were surprised by what they found.

Sara Katsanis, a bioethicist at Duke University...

Human hands hold up a crystal ball to the sky, reflecting the blue sky with clouds and city buildings.
By Aaron Dy, Public Library of Science | 03.27.2017

Synthetic biology is moving at a rapid pace, and regulations will need to keep up to allow useful technologies to...

Forensic scientist, clothed in protective gear, goggles, and gloves, holds a vile at eye level and looks fixated at the object.
By Nature | 03.27.2017

Behind closed doors this week, the German federal justice ministry has been discussing whether to hand police a powerful new...

Landscape photo of a corn field, with blue sky in the background.
By Philip Blenkinsop, Reuters | 03.27.2017

A majority of EU countries voted on Monday against allowing two new genetically modified crops to be grown in Europe...