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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 Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times | 11.11.2014

So, you're thinking you might like to check out one of those inexpensive new tests that would give you some...

By Helen Thomson, New Scientist | 11.11.2014

Could a futuristic society of humans with the power to control their own biological functions ever become reality?

It's not...

By Rob Stein, NPR | 11.10.2014

In a darkened lab in the north of England, a research associate is intensely focused on the microscope in front...

By Meredith Salisbury, Forbes | 11.08.2014

There was a time when people in America were sterilized, sometimes unwittingly, by activists aiming to create a healthier, “better”...

By Lily Lou, The Guilfordian | 11.07.2014
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Elaine Riddick was raped at age 13.  After giving birth to her son at age 14, in 1968...

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 11.06.2014

Google is approaching hospitals and universities with a new pitch. Have genomes? Store them with us.

The search giant’s first...

By New York Stem Cell Foundation, New York Stem Cell Foundation | 11.06.2014

A team led by New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute scientists conducted a study comparing induced pluripotent stem...

By Christian Jarrett, Wired | 11.05.2014
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It feels to me like interest in the brain has exploded. I’ve seen huge investments in brain science...