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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 Ruth Wood, The Telegraph | 08.03.2015

Crystal the chihuahua is a reminder to Mandy Bond of how she almost gave up on becoming a mother. She...

By Steve Connor, The Independent | 08.02.2015
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A powerful new technique for generating “supercharged” genetically modified organisms that can spread rapidly in the wild has...

By Ipsita Chakravarty, Scroll.in | 08.02.2015

The advertisement was seeking a woman with a “high intelligence quotient, fair or wheatish complexion, between 22-26 yrs. Preferably B...

By Sharon Fernandes, Times of India | 08.02.2015

Untitled Document India's Human DNA Profiling Bill 2015 proposes to set up a national DNA database of criminals that will...

By Mike Boehm, Los Angeles Times | 07.31.2015
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UC Irvine has put out a call for artists who want to manipulate the building blocks of life...

By Jeff Bessen, The Conversation | 07.29.2015
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CRISPR/Cas is a new technology that allows unprecedented control over the DNA code. It’s sparked a revolution in...

By Bangkok Post, Bangkok Post | 07.29.2015

A new law banning commercial surrogacy takes effect July 30 even as controversy continues to swirl around children born before...

By Kirk Bloodsworth, The Hill | 07.29.2015

I'll never forget how lonely I felt when the jury announced its guilty verdict and the courtroom erupted in applause...