Katie Hasson
Katie Hasson, PhD, writes, speaks, researches, and teaches about the social and political aspects of human genetic and reproductive technologies. Katie earned her PhD in Sociology with a Designated Emphasis in Women, Gender, and Sexuality from the University of California, Berkeley, and was previously Assistant Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at the University of Southern California.
Publications
The “CRISPR babies” announced in headlines around the world recently turned two years old, and we still know nothing about...
Abstract
Discussions and debates about the governance of human germline and heritable genome editing should be informed by a clear...
In November 2018, at a gene-editing “summit” hosted by scientific societies from the U.S., the U.K., and Hong...
In the News
"Si on en prouve la sûreté, nous croyons que l’édition préventive du génome pourrait être l’une des technologies de santé...
In the U.S., it’s illegal to edit genes in human embryos with the intention of creating a genetically engineered baby...
Een rijtje gespreide vulva’s gaapt de bezoeker aan. Zó ziet een bevalling eruit, en zó een baarmoeder met foetus. Een...
Biopolitical Times
"Golden mitochondria" by National Institutes of Health
(NIH) is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
Last week, researchers at...
This month’s gene therapy news includes celebrations of promising new developments running beside gloomy takes on the future of the...
In a much-anticipated move, US regulators have approved two new gene therapies for sickle cell disease. On December 8...