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...

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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...

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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...

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Designer Genes

By Bill McKibben, Orion | 04.30.2003

I GREW UP IN A HOUSEHOLD where we were very suspicious of dented cans. Dented cans were, according to my...

A "Post-Human" Future?

Cell Division

By George Annas, Boston Globe | 04.21.2003
Delegates from around the world met at the United Nations recently to begin preparing an international treaty to outlaw the...
Bioethics

Watson's World

By Susan Lindee, Science | 04.18.2003

Vol. 300, No. 5618

A review of James D. Watson, with Andrew Berry, DNA: The Secret of Life (New York...

Human Genetic Modification

Keep Us Human: If We're Truly Smart, We'll Refuse to Foolishly Tamper with Our DNA

By Bill McKibben, Los Angeles Times | 04.14.2003
The 50th anniversary of the double helix has been greeted with worldwide hoopla. It began in February, the month that...
Human Genetic Modification

Germline Warfare

By Ralph Brave, The Nation | 04.07.2003

A most remarkable event occurred in the weeks preceding the June 2000 announcement of the completion of the first draft...

Human Cloning

Australia: Cloning, Genetic Modification, Gene Therapy

By Biotechnology Australia, Biotechnology Australia | 04.01.2003

 

Morally acceptable? 
Yes
No
Human cloning
-
87
Genetic testing of embryos
61
-
Correction of genetic disorders for...
Society

Human Biotechnology: Responding to Emerging Dangerous New Human Genetics

By Jesse Reynolds, Z Magazine | 03.31.2003

As 2003 began, the mainstream press was grappling with a cloning hoax. This January, it launched extended coverage of the...

Human Cloning

“Do We Want Science to Reinvent Human Aging?”

By Bill McKibben and Gregory Stock, Transcript of live debate | 03.27.2003

Daniel Perry, Executive Director, Alliance for Aging Research: Good afternoon, my name is Dan Perry and I’m the Executive Director...

Human Cloning