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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 Kim Carollo, ABC News | 02.03.2012

If you were at higher risk for developing a condition like Alzheimer's disease or breast cancer, would you want to...

By Frances Cha, CNN | 02.02.2012
When Min Lee, 54, first toured Seoul's Chaum Life Center -- which is spearheading Korea's stem cell banking industry --...
By Frances Cha, CNN | 02.02.2012
When Min Lee, 54, first toured Seoul's Chaum Life Center -- which is spearheading Korea's stem cell banking industry --...
By Tony Dutra, Bloomberg BNA | 02.02.2012
Petitioners challenging the patent eligibility of isolated DNA filed a reply brief Jan. 20, rejecting the respondent patent owner's call...
By Tony Dutra, Bloomberg BNA | 02.02.2012
Petitioners challenging the patent eligibility of isolated DNA filed a reply brief Jan. 20, rejecting the respondent patent owner's call...
By Daniel Cressey, Nature News | 01.30.2012

BRUSSELS- Informing clinical-trial participants of the risks they face is a cornerstone of modern medical research, and it is enshrined...

By Daniel Cressey, Nature News | 01.30.2012

BRUSSELS- Informing clinical-trial participants of the risks they face is a cornerstone of modern medical research, and it is enshrined...

By Karen Tumulty, Washington Post | 01.29.2012

LUTZ, Fla. — As former House speaker Newt Gingrich courts evangelical voters in advance of Tuesday’s Florida primary, he is...