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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 Steve Connor, The Independent | 10.20.2014
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A segment of human intestine has been grown in laboratory mice for the first time as part of...

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 10.19.2014
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When Meg DeBoe decided to tap her Christmas fund to order a $99 consumer DNA test from 23andMe...

By Jemma Kennedy, The Guardian | 10.18.2014

Women, there’s a new perk in town. Last week, Apple joined ranks with Facebook in offering free egg-freezing to staff...

By SynBioWatch, SynBioWatch | 10.17.2014

PYEONGCHANG, SOUTH KOREA– In a unanimous decision of 194 countries, the United Nation’s Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) today formally...

By Laura Sydell, NPR | 10.17.2014
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In the Silicon Valley arms race to lure the top talent with the best benefits, Facebook and Apple...

By Mark Leach, Down Syndrome Prenatal Testing | 10.17.2014
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Three years ago, a new prenatal test for Down syndrome entered the market offering earlier, safer, and more...

By Lenzi Sheible, RH Reality Check | 10.17.2014
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In a piece for RH Reality Check last month, Erin Matson highlighted anti-abortion groups’ false advocacy for people...

By Jessica Cussins, The Huffington Post | 10.16.2014

The workforces of Facebook and Apple are 69 percent and 70 percent male, and the companies have been getting a...