Investigative Report: "Bring Your Genes to Cal"

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CalTV's Reena Flores explores the controversy behind this year's On the Same Page Program, hosted by UC Berkeley's College of Letters & Science. This year's topic is "Bring Your Genes to Cal."

Genomics

Media Coverage

Technologies

Genetic testing of critically ill adults can yield surprises—and reveal disparities in treatment of Black patients

By Annika Inampudi, Science | 07.10.2025

Aggregated News

Before a baby in the United States reaches a few days old, doctors will run biochemical tests on a few drops of their blood to catch certain genetic diseases that need immediate care to prevent brain damage or other serious...

Bioethics

23andMe is out of bankruptcy. You should still delete your DNA.

By Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Washington Post | 07.17.2025

Aggregated News

Nearly 2 million people protected their privacy by deleting their DNA from 23andMe after it declared bankruptcy in March. Now it’s back with the same person in charge — and I still don’t trust it.

Nor do the attorneys general...

Patents & Other IP

Inside the Silicon Valley push to breed super-babies

By Elizabeth Dwoskin and Yeganeh Torbati, The Washington Post | 07.16.2025

Aggregated News

A group of well-heeled, 30-something women sat down to dinner last spring at a table set with pregnancy-friendly mocktails and orchids, ready to hear a talk about how to optimize their offspring.

Noor Siddiqui, the founder of an embryo-screening start-up...

Genetic Selection

Plans to genetically screen newborns for rare diseases are problematic

By Suzanne O'Sullivan, New Scientist | 07.09.2025

Aggregated News

Rare diseases are often hard to spot. They can evade detection until irreversible organ damage or disability has already set in. Last month, in the hope of preventing just this type of harm, the UK’s health secretary, Wes Streeting, announced...

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Investigative Report: "Bring Your Genes to Cal"

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