News

This startup wants to prove gene-editing embryos is safe for making healthy babies

By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 09.29.2026

Cathy Tie slips on a white lab coat bearing her name and the logo of her startup: Origin Genomics. "Welcome!" she says as she leads an NPR reporter, photographer and videographer on an exclusive tour of Origin's labs located...

Human Genetic Modification

Demographic Fears and Far-Right Fantasies

By Alexandra Minna Stern, Los Angeles Review of Books | 09.26.2026

This is the 17th 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. The series is organized by Osagie K. Obasogie in...

Society

She Got a Great Deal on Egg Freezing. Then She Spiraled

By Maia Hibbett, Wired | 09.09.2026

THE INSTAGRAM POST, precision-guided by sex and age, had zeroed in on its target. Yuchen Tu is a conser­vatory-trained viola...

U.S. Federal

Eugenics and the Nihilism of Law-and-Order Politics

By Terence Keel, Los Ángeles Review of Books | 09.06.2026

This is the 16th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...

U.S. States

Stem cell group ready to disburse funds: Institute, critics near agreement on conflicts, meetings

By Carl T. Hall, San Francisco Chronicle | 07.02.2005
California's $3 billion experiment in state-financed stem cell research has arrived at a critical turning point.

Officials leading the California...
Stem Cells

Opinion: Oversight is critical for confidence in stem-cell research

By Kathay Feng, Steven Blackledge, San Francisco Chronicle | 06.30.2005
All it would take is one major scandal, some sign of mismanagement or ethical lapse, and Californians' trust -- and...
Patents & Other IP

Have we been oversold the stem cell dream?

By Roger Highfield, The Telegraph (UK) | 06.29.2005
They offer the solution for every human woe. The infertile can use them to grow eggs and sperm. Dementia, heart...
Media Coverage

Test reveals gender early in pregnancy: Ethicists fear use in sex selection

By Boston Globe, Boston Globe | 06.27.2005

First came the home pregnancy test. Now here comes the home gender test.

A new blood test being marketed to...

Technologies

Stem cell scientists debate finer points of research ethics

By Alex Barnum, San Francisco Chronicle | 06.26.2005
For years, the debate over embryonic stem cell research in the United States was stuck on one question. Some ethicists...
Animal Biotechnologies

Editorial: Window dressing

By Sacramento Bee, Sacramento Bee | 06.23.2005

Stem cell 'enhancements' won't do the job

As part of a closed-door deal with the state Senate, leaders of California's...

Biotech & Pharma

Opinion: Nearly an internal coup against stem cell czar

By Stuart Leavenworth, Sacramento Bee | 06.23.2005
Robert Klein II is arguably the most powerful unelected official in California today. Yet as he tries to consolidate control...
Biotech & Pharma

Stem-cell institute to adopt tougher conflict rules

By Steve Johnson, San Jose Mercury News | 06.22.2005
MOVE INTENDED TO STAVE OFF INCREASED STATE OVERSIGHT

Officials with California's $3 billion stem-cell research institute have recommended adopting tougher...
Biotech & Pharma