CGS in the News

By Rob Stein, Regina G. Barber, Berly McCoy, NPR [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 11.29.2023

In which we meet the pioneers of one of the most exciting — and controversial — fields of biomedical research: ...

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By Malak Saleh, Engadget [Cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 12.20.2023

2023 was an important year for patients with sickle cell diseasePrior to CRISPR, the only cure for...

23andme test packs
By Cathy Cassata, Yahoo [Cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 12.15.2023

Millions of people use genetic testing companies like 23andMe to learn more about their ancestry and health. But a new...

sickle cell in test tube
By Carolyn Y. Johnson, The Washington Post [cites CGS’ Pete Shanks ] | 12.08.2023

The first medicine based on gene editing, a one-time therapy for sickle cell disease, was just approved in the...

5 babies in a row
By Raphaëlle Besse Desmoulières, Le Monde [cites CGS’ Katie Hasson] | 10.29.2023

Persuadés que notre espèce est en train de disparaître, Malcom et Simone Collins, un couple américain en attente de son...

a person in a lab coat looks through a microscope
By Amy Dockser Marcus, The Wall Street Journal [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 10.27.2023

The Japanese biologist Katsuhiko Hayashi said earlier this year that he believes it will be possible to create a human...

a pink background with a green beaker and a dark green Petri dish with gametes in each
By Willow Shah-Neville, Labiotech [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 08.22.2023

Lately, there seems to have been a lot of talk about the possibility of ‘lab-grown babies’. Proper research into this...

animation of a woman workin gin a lab with a graphic of a DNA helix and magnifying glass
By Tina Hesman Saey, Science News [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 07.24.2023

Some newly reported clumps of cells growing in lab dishes have been hailed as the closest things to human embryos...

globe graphic with Ukraine highlighted in yellow
By Ilya Gridneff, Emily Schultheis and Dmytro Drabyk , Politico [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 07.23.2023

KYIV, Ukraine  When Tanya, a 45-year-old woman living in Los Angeles, paid $10,000 and sent two embryos to...