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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.

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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 Hannah Seligson, The New York Times | 04.28.2014

Here’s the question on the minds of people who spend tens of thousands of dollars on fertility treatments: What are...

By WSJ, The Wall Street Journal | 04.28.2014

Like many women going through fertility treatments, Nikki David had one thought when she learned she was pregnant with twins...

By Alice Bell, BBC | 04.28.2014
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If there is an idea associated with technology that needs to be ditched, it's that we are, or...

By Monya Baker, Nature | 04.28.2014

Two research groups have independently produced human embryonic stem-cell lines from embryos cloned from adult cells. Their success could reinvigorate...

By David Jensen, The Sacramento Bee | 04.28.2014

In a few days, the $3 billion California stem cell agency is slated to pick a new president who will...

By Rebekah Wilce, PR Watch | 04.28.2014

A new report commissioned by Prime Minister David Cameron suggests that GMOs have now been shown to be safe and...

By Nathaniel Comfort, Genotopia | 04.25.2014

Happy DNA Day everyone. On this date in 1953, Nature published four articles on the structure of DNA, including the...

By Tanzina Vega, The New York Times | 04.25.2014
WASHINGTON — Like many single women, Heather Lawson hoped she would meet the right man with enough time to get...