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
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...
A wave of controversy about reproductive gene editing gathered force in response to reports in 2015 of the first CRISPR...
In the News
A newly available kind of genetic testing, called polygenic embryo screening, promises to screen for conditions that can include cancer...
The sight of a room full of human cadavers can be off-putting for some, but not for Haley Omeasoo.
In...
Biopolitical Times
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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...
The watchdog group Public Citizen published a report on October 19 titled Pfizer’s Power. It is a devastating indictment...