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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 Lauran Neergaard, AP | 12.03.2015
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A tool to edit human genes is nowhere near ready to use for pregnancy —...

By Erin Brodwin, Business Insider | 12.02.2015
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A genetics company called Parabon Nanolabs recently analyzed some remnants of DNA from a crime scene — not for fingerprints, but to create a...

By Tanya Lewis, Business Insider | 12.02.2015

Scientists, bioethicists, and members of the public have descended on Washington, DC this week for an international meeting to discuss...

By Nicholas G. Evans, Impact Ethics | 12.02.2015
The International Summit on Human Gene Editing: A Global Discussion is a three-day event convened by the Chinese Academy of...
By Katie Worth, PBS Frontline | 12.02.2015
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Of all the doors into the United States, the one that refugees must pass through is perhaps the most...

By Karen Pallarito, HealthDay | 12.02.2015
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What if faulty genes in your DNA could be easily corrected, avoiding the ravages of diseases like cystic...

By Alex Pearlman, VICE Motherboard | 12.02.2015
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The world’s top geneticists met in Washington, DC Tuesday to discuss the future of human genome editing at...

By Rebecca Davis, Agence France Presse | 12.01.2015
Beijing (AFP) - The Chinese scientist behind the world's biggest cloning factory has technology advanced enough to replicate humans, he...