News

Palantir Has a Hand in NIH’s Most Ambitious Health Initiative

By Julia Métraux, Mother Jones [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 07.07.2026

During his 2015 State of the Union address, then-President Barack Obama announced what he promised would be an ambitious public health project. “Tonight, I’m launching a new Precision Medicine Initiative to bring us closer to curing diseases like cancer and diabetes...

U.S. Federal

The Measured Listener

By Daniel Shanahan, Los Angeles Review of Books | 05.31.2026

This is the 15th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring the history of eugenics and the ways it shapes our present. You can read the first part here. The series...

U.S. States

These companies help parents try to pick their babies' traits. Experts are wary

By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 05.06.2026

Justin Schleede reaches onto a black lab bench to pick up a tray of small plastic tubes.

"These are saliva...

Genetic Selection

The start-ups dreaming of creating genetically modified babies

By Alexandre Piquard, Le Monde [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 05.22.2026

"If proven to be safe, we believe preventive gene editing could be one of the most important health technologies of...

U.S. Federal

Ova donors demand compensation from government

By Asia News, AsiaNews.it | 02.07.2006

Seoul (AsiaNews) _ A coalition of 35 women_s groups filed a suit for compensation against the South Korean government on...

Other Countries

Stem cell debate: Should women get paid for eggs?

By Daniel Levine, San Francisco Business Times | 02.06.2006
The ad in the back pages of the free Washington, D.C., news weekly was curious enough, warning women that they...
Bioethics

Cloning 'pioneer' donated research funds to politicians

By New Scientist, NewScientist.com | 02.06.2006

Disgraced cloning expert Woo-Suk Hwang has admitted making donations to politicians using funds donated for his research, said South Korean...

Human Cloning

Egg donor companies target univ. students

By Jess Milcetich, The Diamondback | 02.03.2006

If you're a healthy woman in your twenties and you're in college, your eggs are in high demand.

 

College-aged...

Assisted Reproduction

Deep Roots and Tangled Branches

By Troy Duster, Chronicle of Higher Education | 02.03.2006

People who know their biological parents and grandparents typically take the information for granted. Some have a difficult time empathizing...

Racial Justice

Stem cell research regulations mulled

By Sandi Dolbee, San Diego Union Tribune | 02.01.2006

By Sandi Dolbee
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
February 1, 2006

LOS ANGELES _ Women who donate eggs for state-funded embryonic stem...

Technologies

State laws bypass research ban

By Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor | 02.01.2006

Washington has effectively put a lid on federal efforts to advance embryonic stem-cell research. But pressure from scientists eager to...

U.S. States

There is no stop button in the race for human re-engineering

By Madeleine Bunting, The Guardian | 01.30.2006
Science will soon give some of us the tools to make ourselves cleverer and stronger. What will it mean for...
A "Post-Human" Future?