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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.

"These are saliva...

"If proven to be safe, we believe preventive gene editing could be one of the most important health technologies of...

By Michael Ollove, The Washington Post | 04.13.2015
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If in vitro fertilization still seems to be cutting-edge medicine, you haven’t been paying attention.

The first infant...

By Jason Silverstein, The Atlantic | 04.13.2015
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On April 24, 2003, shortly after the completion of the human genome project, its director Francis Collins and...

By Ainsley Newson and Stacy Carter, BioNews | 04.13.2015
In March, US company Sequenom revealed that its MaterniT21 non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT) has detected potential cancer in some pregnant...
By Arab News, Arab News [Saudi Arabia] | 04.13.2015

Experiments or research in human cloning is an offense punishable by law and any violation means a fine of SR200,000...

By Arne H. Carlson, Star Tribune | 04.13.2015
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“The University constructed a defense to deny liability by claiming immunity. I think that defense evolved or you...

By Srinivas Raman, Eurasia Review | 04.11.2015
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In 1997, Dolly the sheep became the first mammal ever to be successfully cloned. This was a major...

By Emily Underwood, Science Magazine | 04.09.2015
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A splashy headline appeared on the websites of many U.K. newspapers this morning, claiming that men whose brothers...

By Jamie Metzl, IVY Magazine | 04.09.2015
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What would happen if you could order your baby online, the way you might order and customize a...