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

Stem cell panel vows openness

By Laura Mecoy, Sacramento Bee | 01.07.2005
The chairman asks for 'patience' as the committee gears up.

LOS ANGELES - Likening the creation of California's stem cell...
Biotech & Pharma

Stem-cell chairman takes on wider role

By Carl T. Hall, San Francisco Chronicle | 01.07.2005

Board names Klein president, gives him authority to hire staff


Robert N. Klein, the Palo Alto developer and stem-cell advocate...

Stem Cells

Stem Cell Panel Expects to Award Grants

By Associated Press, Associated Press [cites CGS] | 01.07.2005

Stem Cell Panel Expects to Award Grants

"We have a responsibility to move as quickly as possible," Robert Klein said...

Stem Cells

Stem cell committee urged to slow down

By Terri Somers, San Diego Union-Tribune | 01.07.2005

Ethics rules, transparency discussed at 2nd meeting


The committee that will dole out $3 billion in state grants for stem...

Stem Cells

Stem cell meeting called a 'mystery': The state panel's agenda lacks details, critics say

By Laura Mecoy, Sacramento Bee | 01.06.2005
LOS ANGELES - After scuttling much of its first meeting's agenda in response to the complaints of open-government advocates, California's...
Patents & Other IP

Stem cell agency's public access draws criticism

By Terri Somers, San Diego Union-Tribune | 01.06.2005
An increasing number of public watchdogs are concerned that the committee overseeing $3 billion in funding for stem cell research...
Biotech & Pharma

Editorial: Stem-cell glitches

By admin San Francisco Chronicle | 01.05.2005
PROPOSITION 71, the stem-cell initiative approved by voters last November, envisaged a rapid start-up of the massive $3 billion research...
Stem Cells

Bumpy start for stem cell program:

By Carl T. Hall, San Francisco Chronicle | 01.04.2005
Critics say board isn't as public as it ought to be California's big stem cell enterprise is up and running...
Biotech & Pharma