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

Opinion: Select one: a boy or a girl?

By Ellen M. McGee, Newsday | 01.03.2006
Humans always have cared about the gender of their offspring and over the centuries have used a variety of means...
Genetic Selection

Controls on stem cell work pushed

By The Sacramento Bee, The Sacramento Bee | 01.01.2006

The South Korean stem cell research scandal could add fuel to state Sen. Deborah Ortiz's efforts to impose stricter controls...

Stem Cells

Editorial: Phony cloner

By Sacramento Bee, The Sacramento Bee | 12.29.2005

Can California's $3 billion stem cell institute learn something from the misdeeds of South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-Suk?
It can...

Policies

Opinion: Stem cell program to suffer fallout from fraud

By Stuart Leavenworth, The Sacramento Bee | 12.29.2005
Until this winter, scientist Hwang Woo-Suk was a national hero in South Korea and a giant in the field of...
Fact Sheets

Korean Scientist Quits After Charges He Faked Cloning Data

By New York Times, New York Times | 12.23.2005

SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 23 - A landmark scientific paper on cloning that propelled a South Korean scientist, Hwang Woo...

Human Cloning

Colleague of embattled scientist Hwang asks university to investigate earlier work

By Associated Press, Associated Press | 12.21.2005

SEOUL, South Korea _ A former colleague of embattled South Korean stem cell researcher Hwang Woo-suk said Wednesday he had...

Human Cloning

Stem cell scandal reverberates in U.S.

By San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union Tribune | 12.18.2005

S. Korea controversy leads to calls for more oversight

As a South Korean scientist defends against mounting accusations that he...

Assisted Reproduction

Promises Made, but No Results

By K. Lloyd Billingsley, LA Daily News | 12.18.2005
A year after the passage of Proposition 71, the $3 billion Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative, there is no...
Biotech & Pharma