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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 Sara Reardon, Nature | 05.06.2015

A newly discovered type of stem cell could help provide a model for early human development — and, eventually, allow...

By Bianca Campbell, RH Reality Check | 05.05.2015

A new study from Cambridge University and the Weizmann Institute of Science predicts the use of skin cells and stem cells to...

By Danny Shaw, BBC News | 05.05.2015

Last month, a compelling TV programme revisited the case of Colin Pitchfork - the first person to be convicted because...

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 05.05.2015

Of all the rumors ever to swirl around the world’s most valuable company, this may be the first that could...

By BBC, BBC | 05.04.2015

Two trials of gene therapy on an inherited form of blindness in children have shown some patients' eyesight can be...

By Joseph Walker, Wall Street Journal | 05.03.2015
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Myriad Genetics Inc. used a patent-protected monopoly to become one of the most successful and controversial DNA testing...

By Leigh Turner, Trends in Molecular Medicine | 05.01.2015
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Clinics advertising adipose-derived autologous ‘stem cell treatments’ are proliferating across the USA. The rapid spread of businesses promoting...

By Jennifer Lynch, Electronic Frontier Foundation | 05.01.2015
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The New Orleans Advocate recently published a shocking story that details the very real threats to privacy and...