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

California to soon take the lead in stem cell research

By Terri Somers, San Diego Union-Tribune | 11.04.2004

Let the scramble for the cash begin.

By approving a proposition Tuesday that will make $3 billion in state funds...

U.S. States

Californians Support Stem Cell Research Measure

By Elizabeth Weise and Dan Vergano, USA Today | 11.04.2004

California voters sent a clear message in favor of embryonic stem cell research to Washington on Tuesday, backing a bond...

Biotech & Pharma

Stem Cell Measure Gets Nod

By Mary F. Albert, San Francisco Examiner | 11.04.2004

Stem cell research in California received a $3 billion boost Tuesday night, when Californians voted decisively in favor of Proposition...

Stem Cells

Stem Cell Research Now On Fast Track

By Laura Mecoy, Sacramento Bee | 11.04.2004

With the clock already ticking for those suffering from debilitating diseases, supporters of the $3 billion stem cell bond measure...

Biotech & Pharma

Opportunity and Promise

By Terri Somers, San Diego Union-Tribune | 11.04.2004

Let the scramble for the cash begin.

By approving a proposition Tuesday that will make $3 billion in state funds...

Biotech & Pharma

Stem-cell measure heads for victory by wide margin

By Lisa M. Krieger, San Jose Mercury News | 11.03.2004

Californians strongly supported Proposition 71, a bond measure that will bankroll $3 billion worth of stem-cell research and could make...

Biotech & Pharma

It's a Boy! We Made Sure of It

By Kara Platoni, East Bay Express | 11.03.2004

Marcy Darnovsky is the associate executive director of Oakland's Center for Genetics and Society, so she's used to hearing weird...

Assisted Reproduction

California Says 'Yes' to Stem-Cell Research

By Jonathan Knight, Nature | 11.03.2004

George W. Bush has won the presidential election. But Republicans are not the only ones celebrating the poll results: biologists...

Biotech & Pharma