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'Superbabies' Startup Seeks Funds for Controversial Gene Editing Push

By Sophie Alexander and Ike Swetlitz, Bloomberg | 06.25.2025

A California-startup focused on genetically editing human embryos — a step toward creating so-called designer babies — is raising money as many of Silicon Valley’s ultra-rich turn their attention to one of the most controversial technologies in medicine.

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Can doctors test embryos for autism? And should they?

By Brittany Luse, Liam McBain, and Neena Pathak, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 05.28.2025

A newly available kind of genetic testing, called polygenic embryo screening, promises to screen for conditions that can include cancer, obesity, autism, bipolar disorder, even celiac disease. These conditions are informed by many genetic variants and environmental factors - so...

Genetic Selection

Why Deleting Your 23andMe Data Is a Political Imperative

By Katie Sagaser, The DNA Exchange | 05.27.2025

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this piece are solely my own and do not represent those of my...

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Trumpian “Common Sense” and the History of IQ Tests

By Pepper Stetler, Los Angeles Review of Books | 05.08.2025

"Donald Trump Signs The Pledge" by Michael Vadon 
is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

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Society
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Japan to undergo first U.N. disabilities committee review in August

By The Japan Times, The Japan Times | 05.30.2022

Photo by Roméo A. on Unsplash

Japan will undergo a policy review by the U.N. Committee on the Rights of...

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Australia Wields a New DNA Tool to Crack Missing-Person Mysteries

By Oscar Schwartz, The New York Times | 05.28.2022

When a man washed up on the shores of Christmas Island in 1942, lifeless and hunched over in a shrapnel-riddled...

Genomics
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As DNA Donors’ Secrets Emerge, What Should the Children Know?

By Amy Dockser Marcus, The Wall Street Journal | 05.27.2022

Tyler Sniff took a home DNA test at 32 years old and unexpectedly learned that the man who raised him...

Genomics
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Employer fertility benefits have a dramatic and startling expansion amid the Great Resignation, experts say

By Michelle Fox, CNBC | 05.27.2022

Photo by Benjamin Child on Unsplash

As employers try to entice new workers and keep the ones they have, more...

Assisted Reproduction
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The Pandora’s Box of Embryo Testing Is Officially Open

By Carey Goldberg, Bloomberg | 05.26.2022

Photo by Warren Umoh on Unsplash

Simone Collins knew she was pregnant the moment she answered the phone. She was...

Assisted Reproduction
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‘Why Biology Is Not Destiny’: An Exchange

By Kathryn Paige Harden et al., The New York Review | 05.25.2022

In response to:

Why Biology Is Not Destiny from the April 21, 2022 issue

To the Editors:

Marcus Feldman...

Human Genetic Modification
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Science Must Not Be Used to Foster White Supremacy

By Janet D. Stemwedel , The Scientific American | 05.24.2022

 Photo by Ousa Chea on Unsplash

The white supremacist who drove 200 miles to a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket and opened...

Genomics
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Buffalo shooting ignites a debate over the role of genetics researchers in white supremacist ideology

By Megan Molteni, STAT | 05.23.2022

Photo by Colin Lloyd on Unsplash

The 18-year-old gunman suspected of carrying out a racist attack that killed 10 and...

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