News

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 samples as well as blood," says Schleede, a geneticist who runs Herasight Inc.'s lab in Morrisville, N.C. "We also...

Genetic Selection

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

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

Natural Election

By Jonathan Basile, Los Ángeles Review of Books | 04.29.2026

WILLIAM BATESON, a foundational figure in the science of genetics at the turn of the last century, once recounted the...

Society

Blue operating table surrounded by other surgical equipment

Jury Gives $5.25 Million To Woman Impregnated By Fertility Doctor’s Sperm

By Wilson Ring, Huffington Post | 03.30.2022

A federal court jury in Vermont on Wednesday awarded a Florida couple $5.25 million from a doctor who used...

U.S. States

'Maeve's Law' passes Senate hurdle to legalising mitochondrial donation through IVF

By Anna Salleh, ABC News | 03.30.2022

^{Photo of mitochondria from Wikicommons}

Mitochondrial donation will become legal in Australia, with a controversial bill passing the Senate after...

Human Genetic Modification

Politics and expertise: How to use science in a democratic society

By Zeynep Pamuk, LSE European Politics and Policy Blog | 03.30.2022

The Covid-19 pandemic has underlined the importance of scientific advice to modern policymaking. But how can the use of expertise...

Biotech & Pharma

Biopiracy row at UN talks in Geneva threatens global deal to save nature

By Patrick Greenfield, The Guardian | 03.30.2022

A standoff over biopiracy is threatening to derail a global agreement to halt the loss of nature, with developing countries...

Policies

The former Ryland Hall and surrounding area in the University of Richmond

University of Richmond strips names of enslavers from campus buildings

By Nick Anderson, The Washington Post | 03.28.2022

^{Photo of the Humanities Building from Wikicommons}

The University of Richmond announced Monday that it has removed from six buildings...

Society

She got a job at Starbucks for access to IVF treatment. It cost more than her actual paycheck.

By Leticia Miranda and Louise Matsakis, NBC News | 03.28.2022

^{Photo of Starbucks workers from Wikicommons}

Leah Russell felt a surge of hope when she spotted Starbucks on a list...

Society

Experts push for genetic testing to personalise drug prescriptions

By Linda Geddes, The Guardian | 03.28.2022

Genetic testing to predict how individuals will respond to common medicines should be implemented without delay to reduce the risk...

Genomics

How natural “short sleepers” thrive on 4 hours of sleep per night

By Ross Pomeroy, Big Think | 03.28.2022

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Too many Americans are sleep-deprived. Although the overwhelming majority of adults needs at least seven...

Genomics