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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 Sharon Brennan, The Guardian | 06.13.2016

“‘It’s like being told you’re going to be involved in a car crash, but you don’t know when it will...

By Colin Campbell, The News & Observer | 06.13.2016

The N.C. House voted 100-11 Monday to allow four county governments to compensate victims of forced sterilization – expanding a...

By Glyn Moody, Tech Dirt | 06.13.2016

One of the biggest victories on the patent front was when the US Supreme Court finally ruled that naturally-occurring DNA...

By Diane Tober, Undark | 06.10.2016
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A curious battle is being waged over women’s bodies in the state of California. It’s not, as one...

By Joe Gibes, Trinity International University | 06.10.2016

The June 2016 issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology includes a study of the conversations between patients and “Health Care Providers”...

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 06.10.2016

Five weeks from now, on July 16, a Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to blast off from Cape Canaveral to...

By Steve Sternberg, US News & World Report | 06.10.2016

A decade after Jean Burns was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, she needed a miracle. Even the drugs of last resort...

Red fibers indicate mitochondrial disease.
By Ricki Lewis, PLOS | 06.09.2016

The disconnect was striking between the headline of the news release a few days ago – “Improved method for mitochondrial...