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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 Marcy Darnovsky and Jessica Cussins, GeneWatch | 11.24.2014

The terms "genetically modified babies" and "designer babies" are attention-getters. But beyond the catchy sound bites, what do they really...

By Eleanor Clift, The Daily Beast | 11.24.2014
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Welcome to the brave new world of technology-enhanced human reproduction with its promise of alleviating the heartache of...

By Katie Howe, BioNews | 11.24.2014
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A comprehensive international study has revealed striking similarities as well as some significant differences in the regulation of...

By Jeff Bercovici, Inc | 11.21.2014
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When I wrote earlier this week about a new probiotic supplement called Sweet Peach engineered to make women's...

By Samantha Allen, The Daily Beast | 11.20.2014
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In 2011, Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” tried and failed to become the modern day equivalent to Valentino’s...

By Shane Bauer, Mother Jones | 11.20.2014
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Robert Schueren shook my hand firmly, handed me his business card, and flipped it over, revealing a short...

By RT, Russia Today | 11.19.2014

MPs from the populist nationalist party LDPR have prepared and drafted a motion requiring universal fingerprinting and DNA profiling of...

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 11.19.2014
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Ten years ago, scientists discovered that some people are naturally missing working copies of a gene known as...