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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...

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By Tobi Thomas, The Guardian | 06.10.2026

The UK’s stem cell transplant system is potentially putting the lives of blood cancer patients at risk as a result...

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By Max Barnhart, Chemical & Engineering News | 06.09.2026

On June 1, an international group of industry and academic collaborators, led by geneticist Dieter Egli at Columbia University, released...

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By Mark Ellwood, Air Mail | 06.06.2026

How much would you pay to be a parent? For years, Americans who turned to surrogacy could expect to spend...

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By Megan Molteni, Stat | 06.05.2026

In 2021, the federal office charged with ensuring that the vast research enterprise bankrolled by the Department of Health and...

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By Carl Zimmer, The New York Times | 06.04.2026

Scientists at Columbia University have edited the DNA of early human embryos with unprecedented accuracy, an achievement that could open...

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By Staff, ABC News | 06.01.2026

The Victorian government is introducing legislation it says will make IVF clinics safer and more accountable following high-profile bungles by...

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By Jenny Kleeman, The Guardian | 05.30.2026

On a Friday evening in late April, Cathy Tie, the Canadian serial entrepreneur and self-styled “Biotech Barbie”, is centre stage...

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By Virginia Heffernan, The New Republic | 05.29.2026

Here and there, it’s been a good month for humanity—or “magnificas humanitas,” as Pope Leo XIV calls us poor featherless...