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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 black and white photo. Woman in a t-shirt lies on the bed, with an expression of exhaustion.
By Erin Blakemore, JSTOR Daily | 08.25.2016

Two fifteen-year-old Native American women went into the hospital for tonsillectomies and came out with tubal ligations. Another Native...

An outline of a child is silhouetted against a sunset background.
By Express News Service, The Indian Express | 08.25.2016

The government on Wednesday approved a Bill that bans commercial surrogacy, and bars married couples who have biological or adopted...

Investigator holds a forensic light to illuminate fingerprints on glass, revealing several visible fingerprints.
By Devlin Barrett, Wall Street Journal | 08.25.2016

Federal Bureau of Investigation scientists have adopted a new method of analyzing DNA samples, generating thousands of fresh potential leads...

An iceberg is shown floating above water. Below water, there is a larger ice mass.
By Alice Yan, South China Morning Post | 08.25.2016

Surrogacy is still big business in Shanghai despite a police raid on a major agency just a few months ago...

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By Daniel Rivero, Fusion | 08.24.2016

Horrible laws often follow major terrorist attacks. After 9/11, the U.S. Congress passed the Patriot Act. After the Charlie Hebdo...

Lab scientist hand is shown, holding a glowing petri dish.
By Jessica Hamzelou, New Scientist | 08.24.2016

Here’s another layer of confusion to add to the uncertainty of going through IVF. The type of liquid a...

Two cancer cells are merged together.
By Meghana Keshavan, STAT | 08.23.2016

Soon after she received the treatment, Karen Koehler’s brain swelled. Her blood pressure plummeted. As she fell into a coma...

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By Joseph Neighbor, VICE Motherboard | 08.23.2016

This December, the signatory nations of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will meet, as they do every five years, to...