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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...

By Robert Pear, The New York Times | 07.23.2016

WASHINGTON — Government scientists are seeking a million volunteers willing to share the innermost secrets of their genes and daily...

By Leah Campbell, Mom.me | 07.22.2016

In 2007, I became an egg donor for the first time. In 2009, I was diagnosed with Stage IV endometriosis...

By Michael Hiltzik, The Los Angeles Times | 07.22.2016

“Not everything in life is for sale, nor should it be.” 

That’s what California Gov. Jerry Brown said in 2013...

By Tamar Lewin, The New York Times | 07.21.2016

MONTECITO, Calif. — Even as she mourned the death of her 29-year-old husband from a rare genetic disorder, Sarah Robertson...

By David Cyranoski, Nature News | 07.21.2016

Chinese scientists are on the verge of being first in the world to inject people with cells modified using the...

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By New Scientist, New Scientist | 07.20.2016

HOW old is too old to have a baby? For many women in their 30s and 40s, that question nags...

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By ASNA, ASNA | 07.20.2016

(ANSA) - Milan, July 20 - Controversial fertility doctor Severino Antinori was indicted Wednesday for forcibly removing eight eggs from...

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 07.20.2016

An important test of gene therapy in Italy is bringing joy and heartbreak to families afflicted with a rare brain...