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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 David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 07.05.2016
The prestigious journal Nature today editorialized against easing federal regulation of stem cell treatments, a major blow to the campaign...
By Jordan G. Teicher, Slate | 07.05.2016

In 2005, Norwegian artist Anne-Karin Furunes was browsing in the library at Sweden’s Uppsala University when she happened upon a...

By Malcolm Dando, Nature World View | 07.05.2016

In Geneva next month, officials will discuss updates to the global treaty that outlaws the use of biological weapons. The...

By Sharon Begley, STAT | 07.05.2016

Dolly, the first animal to be cloned from an adult of its species, was born 20 years ago today at...

By Editorial Board, Nature | 07.05.2016

You may have heard that regulators in the United States are too strict when it comes to stem-cell treatments. If...

By Andrew Pollack, The New York Times | 07.04.2016

LOS ANGELES — A state ballot initiative meant to lower prescription drug prices for California faces an expected opponent: the...

By Nicola Davis, The Guardian | 07.04.2016

A new technique to genetically screen IVF embryos should be considered for use in the UK, fertility experts say. The...