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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 Caroline Hedley, The Telegraph | 02.05.2009

In a statement issued to the Telegraph on Thursday, a spokeswoman for the governing body said: "We are looking into...

By Paul Basken, Chronicle of Higher Education | 02.05.2009

Eight years ago, President George W. Bush sharply limited federal support for stem-cell research. The move cost universities millions of...

By Ashley Surdin, Washington Post | 02.04.2009

Public opinion seems to be cresting against her, her own mother is rattled, and now fertility experts are suggesting the...

By Margaret Munro, CanWest News Service | 02.02.2009
Would you pay $100 to see a woolly mammoth munching on grass?

How about Neanderthals building a fire, or a...
By Agence France Presse, Agence France Presse | 02.02.2009

A study published Monday has found that eggs from cows, rabbits and other animals are not a good source for...

By Eric Bailey, Los Angeles Times | 02.02.2009
On the cusp of a new era in stem cell science, Democratic heavyweights are pushing to install the outgoing California...
By John Timmer, arts technica | 02.02.2009

President Obama's promise to restore science to its rightful place has raised the hopes of biologists that there will be...

By Danny Rose, Australian Associated Press | 02.01.2009
AUSTRALIAN couples are flocking to a US fertility clinic that allows them to chose not only the sex of their...