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
A little-noticed change to South Africa’s national health research guidelines, published in May of this year, has put the...
A US-based startup called Heliospect Genomics is charging parents tens of thousands of dollars to "screen" embryos they conceive for...
A US startup company is offering to help wealthy couples screen their embryos for IQ using controversial technology that raises...
Biopolitical Times
The Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing, scheduled for March 7-9 in London, has now been postponed to...
The watchdog group Public Citizen published a report on October 19 titled Pfizer’s Power. It is a devastating indictment...
An organization of scientists is recommending that limitations on several experimental and controversial research procedures – including heritable genome editing...