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This is the 10th 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. The series is organized by Osagie K. Obasogie in...

One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to announce a forthcoming “One...

There is growing concern that falling fertility rates will lead to economic and demographic catastrophe. The social and political movement...

In the U.S., it’s illegal to edit genes in human embryos with the intention of creating a genetically engineered baby...

He Jiankui at the 2018 panel where he revealed the news.
By John Ruwitch, NPR | 06.08.2023

BEIJING — In a mostly empty coworking office on the outskirts of China's capital, a scientist whose name is etched...

three clear beakers in black and white
By Staff, Alliance for Humane Biotechnology | 06.07.2023

Photo by Hans Reniers on Unsplash

INTRODUCTION

Research on the manufacture of egg-like and sperm-like cells for the purpose of...

A person in a crowd at a black lives matter protest holding up a sign that says "black women's lives matter"
By Ryan Levi and Dan Gorenstein, NPR | 06.06.2023

Doctors, data scientists and hospital executives believe artificial intelligence may help solve what until now have been intractable problems. AI...

A bunch of DNA strands colored purple on a black background
By Sinead Prince, Journal of Medical Ethics Blog | 06.06.2023

We’ve been discussing the possibility of genetic enhancement, and the ethics of such technology, for some time now. Many people...

the arm of a child with two small bandaids on it
By David Cox, BBC | 06.04.2023

In early 2017, a neurologist at Boston Children's Hospital called Timothy Yu began work on the most ambitious project of...

stem cells dyed yellow on a green background
By David Jensen, The California Stem Cell Report | 06.04.2023

The headline on the cover of the San Francisco Business Times told it all.

“Running on Empty: What do you...

a piece of DNA colored white over an american dollar bill on a blue background
By Sara Reardon, Nature | 06.02.2023

The road to gene therapies for genetic disorders has been long — and expensive — but the field could soon...

a row of books
By Françoise Baylis, Shepherd | 06.02.2023
Who am I?
I'm a philosopher with a specialization in bioethics. My work is at the intersection of policy and...