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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 Jed Bickman, Salon | 05.02.2012
“Don’t let a pregnancy ruin your drug habit,” the slogan on the fliers reads. Another says, “She has her daddy’s...
By Jed Bickman, Salon | 05.02.2012
“Don’t let a pregnancy ruin your drug habit,” the slogan on the fliers reads. Another says, “She has her daddy’s...
By Daniel Sharp, Biopolitical Times | 05.02.2012

As concerns grow about dangers posed by the emergent field of synthetic biology, a novel discovery threatens to make...

By Françoise Baylis, Bioethics Forum | 05.01.2012
In Canada, payment for eggs, sperm, in vitro embryos, and surrogacy is prohibited under the Assisted Human Reproduction Act of...
By Soo Bin Park, Nature News | 05.01.2012

The South Korean health ministry announced last month that research into stem cells and regenerative medicine will receive a funding...

By Françoise Baylis, Bioethics Forum | 05.01.2012
In Canada, payment for eggs, sperm, in vitro embryos, and surrogacy is prohibited under the Assisted Human Reproduction Act of...
By Soo Bin Park, Nature News | 05.01.2012

The South Korean health ministry announced last month that research into stem cells and regenerative medicine will receive a funding...

By Maggie Fox, National Journal | 04.30.2012

A federal appeals court will hear arguments about whether companies can patent genes on July 20. The American Civil Liberties...