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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 James Gallagher, BBC | 12.17.2014
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The rules for creating babies from three people - which state only two would be classed as parents...

By Susan Decker, Bloomberg Businessweek | 12.17.2014

Myriad Genetics Inc. can’t block competitors’ DNA tests to determine risk for breast and ovarian cancer after a U.S. appeals...

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 12.17.2014

A coalition of geneticists and computer programmers calling itself the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health is developing protocols for...

By Gretchen Reynolds, The New York Times | 12.17.2014

We all know that exercise can make us fitter and reduce our risk for illnesses such as diabetes and heart...

By Harry Glorikian, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | 12.15.2014

What’s more valuable than your money, equally vulnerable, and unique to you? Answer: Your genome. And just like your money...

By Nicholas G. Evans and Jonathan D. Moreno, Journal of Law and the Biosciences | 12.15.2014
Abstract below. For full article, see here.

A recent article by Maxwell J. Mehlman and Tracy Yeheng Li, in...
By Marilyn M. Singleton, Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons | 12.15.2014

[For references and the original pdf format, see here.]

When most people think of eugenics, they think of the...

By Beth Daley, New England Center for Investigative Reporting | 12.12.2014
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Stacie Chapman’s heart skipped when she answered the phone at home and her doctor — rather than a nurse...