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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...

Black and white image. A woman sits peering down, on the long hand of a clock. The clock reads 10:15.
By Miguel Helft, Forbes [citing CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 10.17.2016

Even among the hyperactive overachieving techies in his cohort, Martin Varsavsky stands out. He’s built more successful businesses–six–than all but...

A bird shell is broken open, with outlines of cracks along its surface,
By Jane E. Brody, The New York Times | 10.17.2016

Many young women were understandably seduced by the once widely publicized message that if they chose to delay pregnancy and...

A bottle of prescribed morphine lays open. Light blue morphine tablets surround the bottle. Credit card appears out of focus in the background.
By Zachary Siegel, The Daily Beast | 10.15.2016

"Right this minute I’m detoxing like hell,” James, an opioid user, said.  On top of feeling fatigued but unable to...

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By David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times | 10.14.2016

Relatively little attention was paid last year when President Obama called for creation of a database containing the DNA of...

In reference to Douglas Adam's sci-fi novel "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," an ambiguous device reads "Don't Panic" in bold, red letters. On the side, the text reads "Earth Mostly Harmless."
By Mary Chris Jaklevic, Health News Review | 10.13.2016

Genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer risk is cheaper and easier than ever. But just because a test is...

The sky with blue skies and a few white clouds. Subtly visible, there are floating dollar bill signs.
By Erika Check Hayden, Nature News | 10.13.2016

Poring over a list of the top 50 US philanthropists in 2014, physicist Marc Kastner noticed that 16 were based...

A translucent globe is surrounded by multiple lines between continents.
By James Gallagher, BBC [citing CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 10.12.2016

The race to make babies from three people is a major worry, duping couples and a dangerous experiment on mums...

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By Ruha Benjamin, e-flux Architecture | 10.12.2016

Field Note Excerpt I: By Invitation Only

Harvard Medical School (Boston, Massachusetts, USA), May 10, 2016.

Anticipation was in the...