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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 Dave Collins, Chicago Tribune via Associated Press | 10.16.2011
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When police in southern Louisiana were investigating the deaths of eight women in 2009, the sophistication of the...
By Sapa-AFP, Sapa-AFP | 10.13.2011

Last month a court in Pretoria set out guidelines for foreigners looking to hire a surrogate mother in South Africa...

By Sapa-AFP, Sapa-AFP | 10.13.2011

Last month a court in Pretoria set out guidelines for foreigners looking to hire a surrogate mother in South Africa...

By James Gallagher, BBC News | 10.13.2011

Two of the holy grails of medicine - stem cell technology and precision gene therapy - have been united for...

By James Taylor, Indian Country Today Media Network | 10.13.2011
The onset of casino gaming brought great change in Indian country, but it also created unexpected­—and frequently heated—arguments over Indian...
By Turna Ray, GenomeWeb | 10.12.2011
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Patent Foundation have decided to ask the Supreme Court to take up...
By Osagie K. Obasogie and Troy Duster, The Hastings Center Report | 10.12.2011

The increasing use of DNA evidence has revolutionized criminal investigations. Over the past several years, DNA forensics—once thought to be...

By Ronald Bailey, Reason | 10.11.2011
Last week researchers announced that they had created stem cell lines using human eggs for the first time. The goal...