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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...

Illustrated image of a DNA molecule.
By Ylan Q. Mui, Washington Post, [cites CGS's Marcy Darnovsky] | 12.30.2016

Lindsay Weekes knew something was wrong as soon as her son was born.

Her pregnancy had been easy. The baby...

Colorful DNA stains are displayed side by side.
By Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic | 12.29.2016

Jedidiah Carlson was googling a genetics research paper when he stumbled upon the white nationalist forum Stormfront. Carlson is a...

Clock with both hands pointed near the midnight hour.
By Claudia Buck, Sacramento Bee | 12.24.2016

Adding year-end urgency to the national debate over stem cells, a prominent UC Davis researcher is asking federal officials to...

By admin | 12.23.2016

Somatic gene transfer involves adding genes to cells other than egg or sperm cells. If you had a lung disease...

A gloved hand swabs a knife to collect DNA for evidence.
By Jazmine Ulloa, Los Angeles Times | 12.22.2016

California lawmakers are once again trying to expand the collection of DNA evidence in criminal cases, something they say has declined...

A human hand grips onto a microphone.
By Molly Bond and Deborah Scott, The Guardian | 12.22.2016

Outside the conference hall of the Moon Palace, a luxury Cancun resort, warm waves lapped white sands, bathed in...

The game, Jenga, is set up with themed animals and plants on each pieces. A human hand attempts to remove one piece from the connected collection.
By Ewen Callaway, Nature | 12.21.2016

World governments at a United Nations biodiversity meeting this week rejected calls for a global moratorium on gene drives, a...

Two women view a computer desktop, appearing to be working.
By Alison DeNisco, Tech Republic, [cites CGS's Marcy Darnovsky] | 12.21.2016

Despite criticism over lack of gender diversity and family-friendly policies, the tech industry is far exceeding others in one area...