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Disability Justice & Gene Editing: Exploring Multiple Perspectives

On April 24, disability rights activists Anita Cameron and Mia Mingus, alongside sociologist and bioethicist Tom Shakespeare and feminist disability studies scholar Rosemarie...

3-Person IVF technique’s ethical & political implications: A discussion

Leah Lowthorp and Jessica Cussins describe an emerging technique used with IVF that alters genes which are passed down to future generations. It’s an...

Embryo selection for skin, hair, eye color?

A live interview with CGS's Marcy Darnovsky on Fox News, where she offers insights to an a fertility clinic in Los Angeles, CA that wants to allow parents the ability to choose their children's traits.

Michael Sandel, "The Case Against Perfection"

The Center for Genetics and Society organized an event with Harvard Professor of Government Michael Sandel, whose talk was titled...

The Challenge of Human Genetic Modification: Dr. Richard Hayes

Richard Hayes of the Center for Genetics and Society spoke at Sandia National Laboratories on June 25, 2007. See the...

GMOs 2.0: Reengineering Life, from Plants to People

Synthetic biology and gene editing technologies are being rapidly developed and robustly funded, in most cases well ahead of safety...

Is there a racial "care gap" in medical treatment?

CGS Advisory Board Member Dorothy Roberts shares her thoughts on implicit biases in health care delivery.

Altering human embryos giving rise to designer babies

Tall, olive skin, brown hair, and blue eyes, these aren't descriptions found in an online dating profile. They are choices...

No Mas Bebés: A Conversation with Virginia Espino, Renee Tajima-Peña, & Alexandra Minna Stern

On March 2, 2016, Renee Tajima-Peña and Virginia Espino, director and producer of the documentary No Más Bebés, talked with...

Three-parent DNA treatment for rare defect raises debate on PBS Newshour

[With CGS's Marcy Darnovsky]

Go ahead given to technology that would replace original mitochondria in either the mother’s egg or...

Paul Knoepfler GMO Sapiens

Paul Knoepfler, stem cell researcher, blogger, and author of the just-released GMO Sapiens: The Life-Changing Science of Designer Babies,...

Rob Wilson Surviving Eugenics

Rob Wilson, co-director of the just-released documentary Surviving Eugenics, will talk about the film and its implications with Milton...

Is It Worth Your Time and Money to Freeze Your Eggs?

This report investigates the commercial promises of Egg Banxx "freezing parties" while following a patient through the process of egg...

Panel discussion on the Ethical and Social Policy Considerations of Novel Techniques for Prevention of Maternal Transmission of Mitochondrial DNA Diseases (PART 2)

Panel discussion with committee and workshop participants

Panel discussion on the Ethical and Social Policy Considerations of Novel Techniques for Prevention of Maternal Transmission of Mitochondrial DNA Diseases (PART 1)

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Nathaniel and Alexandra share their insights

This discussion featured Nathaniel Comfort and Alexandra Minna Stern talking about the history and future of human genetics and eugenics.