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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 
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New legal opinion: New GMOs deregulation proposal shifts safety testing, liability to EU food industry

By GMWatch Staff, GMWatch | 01.14.2025

Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash

The planned deregulation of new GMOs (new genomic techniques, NGTs) in the EU would...

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Mass deportations don’t keep out ‘bad genes’ − they use scientific racism to justify biased immigration policies

By Shoumita Dasgupta, The Conversation | 01.13.2025

"Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at the South Point Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada"...

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Inside the strange limbo facing millions of IVF embryos

By Jessica Hamzelou, MIT Technology Review | 01.13.2025

Lisa Holligan already had two children when she decided to try for another baby. Her first two pregnancies had come...

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“Who Does 11 Rounds of IVF? Me, Apparently.”

By Melissa Dahl, Slate | 01.13.2025

Mia used to say she’d never do in vitro fertilization. It’s a detail that feels significant now, looking back on...

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Filipino surrogates receive royal pardon

By Tatiana Giovannucci, PET | 01.13.2025

Ten pregnant women and three others with their babies were repatriated to the Philippines after being pardoned by the Royal...

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Biden Is About to Hand Over a Vast and Unconstitutional DNA Database to Trump

By Emily Tucker, Truthout | 01.07.2025

As Donald Trump’s return to the White House looms, dismantling the most dangerous weapons in the arsenal of executive power...

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Eugenics Isn’t Dead—It’s Thriving in Tech

By Julia Métraux, Mother Jones | 01.02.2025

A new book, Predatory Data, by Anita Say Chan, takes on the
throughline from the rise of 20th-century eugenics to Silicon...

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Trump and Musk are obsessed with genetics – but there’s no science behind their simplistic views

By Jonathan Roberts, The Guardian | 12.30.2024

“Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at the Prescott Valley Event Center in Prescott Valley, Arizona” by...

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