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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 Seth Borenstein, Associated Press | 10.08.2008
Cells taken from men's testicles seem as versatile as the stem cells derived from embryos, researchers reported Wednesday in what...
By P. Jayaram, The Straits Times | 10.06.2008
NEW DELHI: INDIA'S Supreme Court has not only confirmed what everyone already knew, that surrogacy is a commercial industry in...
By Andrew Pollack, New York Times | 10.06.2008
The cost of determining a person’s complete genetic blueprint is about to plummet again — to $5,000.

That is the...
By Malathy Iyer, Times of India | 09.30.2008
Having a test-tube baby may now involve hiring a lawyer along with a doctor. India’s new draft rules on infertility...
By Nicole Gaudiano, Delaware News Journal | 09.29.2008
Following two presidential vetoes, Rep. Mike Castle is looking ahead to the next session of Congress to pass legislation expanding...
By Sandra Schulz, Der Spiegel | 09.25.2008

Manji has six mothers. She's a healthy baby girl, weighing in at three kilograms (6 lbs. 10 oz.), with dark...

By Ayelet Bechar, Forward | 09.25.2008
A small but growing number of Jewish Israeli women are traveling to the United States to donate their eggs to...
By Megha Satyanarayana, Detroit Free Press | 09.24.2008

Ryan Dinkgrave lived a carefree life in Livonia until he was diagnosed with type I diabetes at age 10. Suddenly...