Stories by Nathaniel Comfort

Nathaniel Comfort is Associate Professor of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He is the author, most recently, of The Science of Human Perfection: How Genes Became the Heart of American Medicine (Yale, 2012). He also writes the blog Genotopia.

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August 23, 2013

Is Individuality the Savior of Eugenics?

Is eugenics a historical evil poised for a comeback? Or is it a noble but oft-abused concept, finally being done correctly? Once defined as “the science of human improvement through better breeding,” eugenics has roared back into the headlines in recent weeks in both Mr.

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