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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.

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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 Lynn M. Morgan, PLOS Blogs | 03.30.2016
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The lack of access to reproductive rights in Latin America can have unanticipated consequences. The Zika virus outbreak...

By Michael Schulson, Religion Dispatches (USC Annenberg) | 03.30.2016
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When scientists first mapped the human genome in 2000, public figures celebrated the milestone in the language of...

By Kristen V. Brown, Fusion | 03.29.2016
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When the future of genetic engineering arrived on Sebastian Cocioba’s doorstep, it was affixed to the back of...

By Judy Norsigian and Timothy R.B. Johnson, WBUR's Common Health | 03.28.2016
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The egg market is growing.

As couples and individuals continue to rely on assisted reproductive technology to overcome...

By Tony McDonough, Liverpool Echo | 03.28.2016
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A laboratory that does DNA testing for the Jeremy Kyle Show has generated almost half a million pounds...

By Leslie E. Wolf, Erin Fuse Brown, and Laura Beskow, The Conversation | 03.28.2016

On February 25, the White House hosted a forum on the National Institute of Health’s Precision Medicine Initiative. This...

By Howard Lovy, Foreword Reviews | 03.24.2016
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If you think the argument over the benefits and risks of genetically modified foods is confusing and contentious...