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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...

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"If proven to be safe, we believe preventive gene editing could be one of the most important health technologies of...

By Rob Stein, Washington Post | 08.28.2008
Scientists have transformed one type of fully developed adult cell directly into another inside a living animal, a startling advance...
By Mayank Tewari , DNA: Daily News & Analysis | 08.26.2008

Looks do matter, at least to affluent Mumbaikars who flock IVF centres looking for female egg donors. Many infertile couples...

By Pete Shanks, Cutting Edge News | 08.25.2008

Thirty years ago the assisted reproduction industry was born. From tiny but noisy beginnings, it grew through an occasionally troubled...

By The Economic Times, The Economic Times | 08.25.2008

Surrogacy in India is estimated to be a $445 million business with the country being the foremost in the world...

By Express India, Express India | 08.23.2008

Till a few years ago, egg donation was considered to be a 'life-giver' to many childless couples desiring their own...

By Brandon Keim, Wired | 08.19.2008
When skin cells from a dead pit bull named Booger gave rise to five healthy-looking puppies with a $50,000 price...
By Andrew Pollack, New York Times | 08.19.2008
Two closely watched companies that offer consumers information about their genes have received licenses that will allow them to continue...
By Mayank Tewari , Daily News and Analysis | 08.16.2008
MUMBAI: Maharashtra is losing its daughters to sons pre-selected at in vitro fertilisation (IVF) laboratories abroad and delivered in India....