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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 China Daily, China Daily | 11.14.2015

The alleyways off Xiang Ya Road in Hunan's capital, Changsha, are lined with rows of houses that have common kitchens...

By Michael Cook, BioEdge | 11.14.2015
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Stem cell scientists appear to have oversold their product. In debates a decade ago, scientists, foundations and patient...

By Sharon Begley, Stat News | 11.12.2015
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A powerful new genetic technology could eliminate scourges such as malaria and rid entire countries of destructive invasive species...

By Denise Grady, The New York Times | 11.12.2015
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CLEVELAND — Six doctors swarmed around the body of the deceased organ donor and quickly started to operate....

By Chea Takihiro & Jonathan Cox, Khmer Times | 11.11.2015
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Fleeing strict new laws at home, surrogacy companies are moving their “wombs for rent” services from Thailand to...

By Carolyn Y. Johnson & Brady Dennis, The Washington Post | 11.11.2015
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For most of her life, Allison Corona lived in a world dimmed by bad genetic luck. A disease...

By Arielle Duhaime-Ross, The Verge | 11.11.2015
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Theranos isn’t alone in avoiding regulation using an easily exploited loophole — in fact, it’s just one among...

By Elizabeth Alter, The New York Times | 11.10.2015
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THERE are four locked doors guarding a specialized lab at the Harvard School...