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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 Beth Greenfield, Yahoo Parenting | 01.28.2015
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After a decade-long struggle with fertility issues, a 56-year-old Maryland woman died after giving birth to a pair...

By Andrew Pollack, The New York Times | 01.27.2015
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Myriad Genetics has essentially given up trying to stop other companies from offering tests for increased risk of...

By Rose Eveleth, The Atlantic | 01.26.2015
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The genetic sequencing company 23andMe recently tapped into its vast bank of data to release a study on...

By Nell Greenfieldboyce, National Public Radio | 01.26.2015
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When Amy Seitz got pregnant with her second child last year, she knew that being 35 years old...

By Judith Harvey, The Guardian | 01.25.2015
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A recent black-and-white documentary, Blood, about a mobile blood collection unit in rural Russia, shows scenes familiar...

By Robert Pear, The New York Times | 01.24.2015
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President Obama will seek hundreds of millions of dollars for a new initiative to develop medical treatments tailored...

By Richard Rubin, Bloomberg | 01.22.2015
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The U.S. Tax Court rejected a California woman’s attempt to avoid taxes on the $20,000 she received when...

By Sara Reardon, Nature | 01.22.2015
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With the pipeline of traditional drugs drying up, researchers are increasingly attempting to customize treatments based on a...