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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...

Scientist holds a transparent DNA profile, stained with purple markings.
By Marisa Gerber, Los Angeles Times | 10.25.2016

He roamed the streets of Sacramento for six years, raping women as they walked to work or headed home from parties in the...

Handshake of two masculine hands in suits. Obscured in the background is a group of people dressed professionally observing the handshake.
By Tracy Staedter, Seeker | 10.25.2016

Science hasn't been able to reliably sort through the biological and environmental variables that distinguish what makes a person unique

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Frontal view of the White House is shown, with the lawn.
By Jenna Wortham, The New York Times | 10.25.2016

This October, the White House opened its doors to a few thousand people for South by South Lawn, a daylong...

Microscopic telomere
By Melinda Beck, Wall Street Journal | 10.24.2016

Your cells might be aging faster than you are, and new tests purport to help you find out.

A few...

Black and white image of the compass directions--North, East, South and West-- on the ground, with humans wearing shoes surrounding it.
By Calvin Wai-Loon Ho, Econtimes | 10.24.2016

The debate that followed initial experiments using the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing tool show that old stereotypes about Asia still resonate...

A piggy bank is surrounded by one hundred dollar bills. A hand is extended to place a bill into the piggy bank.
By Pamela M Tsigdinos, Healthcare in America | 10.23.2016

On average, the cost of a basic IVF cycle in the U.S ranges from $12,000 — $15,000 yet three out of four

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A measuring tape lines a stack of folders and bound books on a table.
By Bethany Berkshire, ScienceNews | 10.21.2016

Most of us spend our careers trying to meet — and hopefully exceed — expectations. Scientists do too. But the...

With dark surroundings, a human-like character approaches a white door.
By Kate Johnson, Medscape | 10.20.2016

SALT LAKE CITY — Details about the baby born with the help of spindle nuclear transfer, known as the "...