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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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FDA Cautions of False Results From Prenatal Genetic Tests

By Staff Reporter, genomeweb | 04.20.2022

NEW YORK – The US Food and Drug Administration issued a safety communication on Tuesday, warning people that genetic noninvasive prenatal...

Genomics
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Study Raises Questions About Popular Genetic Test for ‘Abnormal’ Embryos

By Azeen Ghorayshi, The New York Times | 04.20.2022

When they began their first two rounds of in vitro fertilization in 2015, Anna Dahlquist and her husband, Brian, took...

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Genetic Non-Invasive Prenatal Screening Tests May Have False Results

By Safety Communication, FDA | 04.19.2022

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning patients and health care providers about the risks of false results...

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Bayer: A history

By GMWatch, GMWatch | 04.19.2022

Bayer AG is a chemical and pharmaceutical giant founded in Barmen, Germany in 1863 by Friedrich Bayer and his partner...

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Athletics, IQ, Health: Three Myths of Race

By Alan Goodman and Joseph L. Graves Jr., Sepiens | 04.14.2022

Our recent book, Racism, Not Race, tackles a big lie: The idea that human beings have biological races.

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Society
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UCLA names Alex Stern dean of humanities

By Sean Brenner, UCLA Newsroom | 04.14.2022

Alexandra Minna Stern, currently the associate dean for the humanities at the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and...

Arts & Culture
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Canada’s Right-Wing Think Tanks Love Race Science

By Mitchell Thompson, Jacobin | 04.11.2022

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by Gage Skidmore on Flickr

When right-wing governments across Canada slash social programs and protections, they...

Eugenics
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The Story of He Jiankui, Now Out of Jail After Editing DNA of Unborn Babies

By Ed Browne, Newsweek | 04.11.2022

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Chinese biophysicist He Jiankui, who shocked the medical world by claiming he had used...

Human Genetic Modification