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

Governor In Tight Political Spot On Stem Cell Research

By Associated Press, Associated Press | 08.05.2004

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appears to be in a tight political spot over Proposition 71, a bond measure...

Biopolitics

The latest frontier in stem cell debate

By Vincent J. Schodolski, Chicago Tribune | 08.01.2004
As it has so often in the past, California will break ground this autumn when voters are asked to approve...
Stem Cells

India's Missing Women: Where Will All the Bachelors Go?

By Ravinder Kaur, Times of India | 07.31.2004
The low sex ratio (number of females per thousand males) in several northern and north-western states of India is leading...
Other Countries

Bioethic$ Inc.

By Leigh Turner, Nature Biotechnology | 07.31.2004
By now, everyone knows the claims used to argue that bioethicists should accept consulting opportunities and research funding from pharmaceutical...
Biotech & Pharma

Reported Efforts to Clone Human Beings

By admin | 07.29.2004
Three sets of scientists claim to be actively involved in efforts to clone a human being:

Severino Antinori

Antinori is...

Human Cloning

Mexico gives go-ahead to genomic medicine institute

By Arturo Barba, SciDev.Net | 07.26.2004
[MEXICO CITY] After five years of planning by scientists and three years of political wrangling about a controversial proposed law...
Other Countries

Eugenics stir emotions in Germany

By John Bohannon, Christian Science Monitor | 07.22.2004
BERLIN - Because of its dark history in Germany, genetic tinkering with human reproduction is a matter of hot debate...
Other Countries

Scientists fear new drugs and genetic doping

By Jennifer Tang, EurekAlert! | 07.21.2004
Can doping athletes be stopped? With the Athens Olympics about to open, scientists are increasingly concerned that sophisticated techniques for...