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
As genetic technologies merge with forensics, medicine, and human reproduction, renewed eugenic temptations are arising. The prospect of heritable genetic...
Late last year, scientist He Jiankui announced the birth of the world’s first genetically modified babies. He deployed a...
The fierce global controversy over whether to alter the genes of future children and generations just got fiercer. On the...
In the News
23andMe, a standard-bearer for the at-home health movement, announced on March 23 that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...
Genetic information company 23andMe has said that it is headed to bankruptcy court, raising questions for what happens to the DNA...
A young couple wants to have a baby, but they’re worried it’ll carry a disease that runs in the family...
Biopolitical Times
This week in London, some 400 people from around the world – including scientists, bioethicists, patients, journalists, civil society groups...
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James Wilson, director of the Gene Therapy Program at Penn’s...
The Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing, scheduled for March 7-9 in London, has now been postponed to...