News

The group behind Project 2025 wants a ‘Manhattan Project’ for more babies

By Jacob Bogage, The Washington Post | 09.03.2025

The conservative group behind the Project 2025 governing playbook for President Donald Trump’s second term is set to propose sweeping revisions to U.S. economic policy meant to encourage married heterosexual couples to have more children.

The Heritage Foundation, a right-wing...

Policies

Disgust, Horror, and “Elimination”: Trump and RFK Jr.’s Eugenicist Autism Conference

By Julie Métraux, Mother Jones | 09.23.2025

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On Monday, President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a press conference on their attempts to divine the causes of autism—much...

Bioethics

The quest to create gene-edited babies gets a reboot

By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 08.06.2025

A Chinese scientist horrified the world in 2018 when he revealed he had secretly engineered the birth of the world's...

Genetic Selection

Who decides the future of humanity? SA’s genome editing guidelines spark global concern

By Vuyile Madwantsi, Independent Online | 08.22.2025

Imagine this: a future where parents could choose their baby’s eye colour, height or even intelligence.

Sounds like science fiction...

Policies

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Inclusivity and diversity: Integrating international perspectives on stem cell challenges and potential

By Robin Fears et al., Stem Cell Reports | 07.29.2021

Introduction

Scientific advances in regenerative medicine continue to offer great promise in our attempts to tackle intractable diseases, including those...

Stem Cells

Universities should not offer the false hope of ‘fertility’ benefits

By Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos, Times Higher Education | 07.29.2021

Talented young women and men in both the academic and business worlds share a common dilemma: their career development timeline...

U.S. Federal

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Family of Henrietta Lacks hires star civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who says they plan to sue pharmaceutical companies

By Tim Prudente, The Baltimore Sun | 07.29.2021

The family of Henrietta Lacks has hired a prominent civil rights attorney who says he plans to seek compensation for...

Biotech & Pharma

ACMG Carrier Screening Guidelines: Falling Short On Equity and Inclusion

By Katie Stoll and Robert Resta, The DNA Exchange | 07.26.2021

The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) recently published a new Clinical Practice Resource that they proclaim recommends...

Genomics

IPO Raises $304M for Caribou, Developer of Gene-Edited Cell Therapies

By Alex Philippidis, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | 07.26.2021

Caribou Biosciences, the developer of gene-edited cell therapies co-founded by Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna, PhD, has launched an upsized initial...

Human Genetic Modification