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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 institute leader in the hot seat

By Terri Somers, San Diego Union-Tribune | 03.10.2005

SACRAMENTO _ The new president of California's fledgling stem cell institute cordially took a grilling yesterday from a joint legislative...

Stem Cells

Cloning Sparks Concern Over Egg Donors

By Paul Elias, Associated Press | 03.10.2005

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Of all the questions about California's ambitious plans to publicly finance human cloning projects for medical research...

Stem Cells

Indian State to Pay Families to Have Girl

By Omer Farooq, Associated Press | 03.10.2005

HYDERABAD, India - A southern Indian state is offering to pay $2,300 to encourage families to have a single girl...

Other Countries

Testimony on Stem Cell Research Oversight to California State Senate

By Marcy Darnovsky, PhD, Associate Director, Center for Genetics and Society | 03.09.2005

To the Joint Hearing of the California Senate Subcommittee on Stem Cell Research Oversight, Senate Health Committee, and Assembly Health...

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Testimony on Egg Retrieval to California Senate Committee

By Francine Coeytaux, MPH | 03.09.2005

(Testimony of Francine Coeytaux, MPH, Pro-Choice Alliance for Responsible Research, before a joint hearing of the California Senate Subcommittee on...

Assisted Reproduction

Testimony of Charles Halpern, Public Interest Attorney and Member, Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences

By Charles Halpern, Testimony to California Senate Subcommittee | 03.09.2005

Testimony of Charles Halpern, Public Interest Attorney and Member, Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences

Oversight Hearing...

U.S. States

Coalition puts women's eggs in stem-cell spotlight

By Daniel S. Levine, San Francisco Business Times | 03.08.2005

A coalition of pro-choice groups and a former chief medical officer of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are calling...

U.N. Divided: Human Clone Ban

By Associated Press, Associated Press | 03.08.2005

UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday approved a nonbinding resolution that seeks to ban human cloning, capping...

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