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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 Sheldon Krimsky, Los Angeles Review of Books | 07.17.2016

GENETICS IS INCREASINGLY ENTANGLED with popular culture. Individuals are charting their genetic horoscopes and have been captivated by their genetic...

A strand of DNA, in blue.
By John Harris (Pro); Marcy Darnovsky (Con), National Geographic | 07.15.2016

Pro: Research on Gene Editing in Humans Must Continue

By John Harris

In February of this year, the Human Fertilization...

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 07.15.2016

In any discussion of biohacking, Exhibit A is likely to be the “glowing plant,” the wildly successful 2013 Kickstarter...

By Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters | 07.15.2016

GENEVA A U.N. human rights watchdog called on Kuwait on Friday to amend a counter-terrorism law requiring nationwide compulsory DNA...

By David Jester, Atlas Obscura | 07.14.2016

The cold green waters of the Gulf of Maine lap against the shore of Malaga Island. Lobster traps are stacked...

By Lisa Krieger, San Jose Mercury | 07.14.2016

STANFORD -- Some day -- when your heart needs healing, your bones need bonding or your skin needs stitching --...

By Jennifer K. Wagner, Genomics Law Report | 07.14.2016

On May 17, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which is the agency charged with enforcing Title II of...

By Nidhi Subbaraman, BuzzFeed | 07.14.2016

Gene editing must never be used to create “designer babies” with enhanced abilities, the director of the National Institutes of...