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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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Genetic Screening Results Just Got Harder to Handle Under New Abortion Rules

By Sara Reardon, Kaiser Health News | 06.27.2022

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Ann was 15 weeks pregnant with her fourth child when the results of her prenatal...

Genetic Selection
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With Roe v. Wade overturned, disabled people reflect on how it will impact them

By Shruti Rajkumar , NPR | 06.25.2022

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In 2008, around eight weeks into her second pregnancy, Robin Wilson-Beattie began experiencing hyperemesis...

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A Preview of the Dangerous Future of Abortion Bans — Texas Senate Bill 8

By Whitney Arey, Ph.D et al.,, The New England Journal of Medicine | 06.22.2022

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When the U.S. Supreme Court issues its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health...

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Side Effects May Include … A Completely New Hair Color?

By Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic | 06.22.2022

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In October 2019, Jordan Janz became the first person in the world to receive an...

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Half in UK back genome editing to prevent severe diseases

By Ian Sample , The Guardian | 06.22.2022

More than half the UK backs the idea of rewriting the DNA of human embryos to prevent severe or life-threatening...

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Where science meets fiction: the dark history of eugenics

By Adam Rutherford, The Guardian | 06.19.2022

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It’s a quirk of history that the foundations of modern biology – and as...

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This Father’s Day, spare a thought for the people touched by anonymous sperm donation

By Alison Motluk , The Globe and Mail | 06.18.2022

As you drop your dad’s card into the mailbox, or dial him for a quick chat, or arrange a little...

Assisted Reproduction
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Children to get CRISPR treatment for sickle cell disease in trial

By Michael Le Page, New Scientist | 06.16.2022

CRISPR gene-editing trials for treating sickle cell disease and beta thalassaemia are being extended to include children aged under 12...

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