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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...

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"If proven to be safe, we believe preventive gene editing could be one of the most important health technologies of...

By Randeep Ramesh, The Guardian [US] | 05.04.2016
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When it was revealed that Google’s London-based company DeepMind would be able to access the NHS records of...

By Ellen Trachman, Above the Law | 05.04.2016
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Two weeks ago, the Louisiana House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure advanced House Bill 1102. The bill...

Cas9 enyzme used in CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing.
By Jocelyn Kaiser, Science/AAAS | 05.03.2016
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This week, scientists will gather in Washington, D.C., for an annual meeting devoted to gene therapy—a long-struggling...

By Sarah Knapton, The Telegraph [UK] | 05.03.2016

Untitled Document A groundbreaking trial to see if it is possible to regenerate the brains of dead people, has won...

By Eli Y. Adashi, The JAMA Forum | 05.03.2016
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In a first, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) of the United Kingdom recently approved a research...

Genesis Egg Donation & Surrogacy Group, Pasadena, CA.
By Kevin Smith, San Gabriel Valley Tribune | 04.30.2016
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With China’s controversial one-child policy no longer in effect, the U.S. is seeing a huge jump in surrogacy-related...

By Jessica Hamzelou, New Scientist | 04.29.2016
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Who stands to benefit from – or lose out on – gene editing? Advances in our ability to...

By Alex Lash, Xconomy | 04.29.2016
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Boston — An icy March wind was blowing across the Charles River, but in the laboratory of Intellia...