News

This startup wants to prove gene-editing embryos is safe for making healthy babies

By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 09.29.2026

Cathy Tie slips on a white lab coat bearing her name and the logo of her startup: Origin Genomics. "Welcome!" she says as she leads an NPR reporter, photographer and videographer on an exclusive tour of Origin's labs located...

Human Genetic Modification

Demographic Fears and Far-Right Fantasies

By Alexandra Minna Stern, Los Angeles Review of Books | 09.26.2026

This is the 17th 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. The series is organized by Osagie K. Obasogie in...

Society

She Got a Great Deal on Egg Freezing. Then She Spiraled

By Maia Hibbett, Wired | 09.09.2026

THE INSTAGRAM POST, precision-guided by sex and age, had zeroed in on its target. Yuchen Tu is a conservatory-trained viola...

U.S. Federal

Eugenics and the Nihilism of Law-and-Order Politics

By Terence Keel, Los Ángeles Review of Books | 09.06.2026

This is the 16th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...

U.S. States

New infographic highlights ethical issues ‘on the horizon’ in biology and medicine

By The Nuffield Council on Bioethics, The Nuffield Council on Bioethics News | 01.13.2022

Would the use of artificial wombs during pregnancy change the nature of parenthood? Can genomic analysis be used to accurately...

Genetic Selection

Whose baby is this? IVF mix-ups & other reasons to change the law

By Ellen Trachman, TEDxMileHigh | 01.08.2022

What happens when a couple freezes embryos to conceive a baby later, but they get divorced? What if egg and...

Policies

The Questions We Should Really Be Asking After Reading the NY Times Article About Prenatal cfDNA Screening For Microdeletions

By Robert Resta, The DNA Exchange | 01.08.2022

As the genetic counseling world knows all too well, the New York Times recently published a story about prenatal cfDNA...

Society

How Widespread Prenatal Testing for Microdeletions Can Hurt Patients and Why the Genetic Testing Industry Needs More Accountability

By Katie Stoll, Gene Cuisine | 01.04.2022

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The New York Times published an important...

Biopolitics

California Will Compensate Survivors of Eugenics’ Forced Sterilizations

By S.E. Williams, Black Voices News | 01.03.2022

On New Year’s Eve California Governor Gavin Newsom announced another important action in the state’s ongoing effort to redress historical...

Society

Cover of "The Genetic Lottery" by Kathryn Page Harden

Does it really matter if you win or lose the genetic lottery?

By Joseph L Graves Jr, The Lancet | 01.01.2022

Kathryn Paige Harden, Professor of Psychology who leads the Developmental Behavior Genetics lab at the University of Texas at Austin...

Genetic Selection

a pregnant woman in exam room talks to man in white coat w/ clipboard

When They Warn of Rare Disorders, These Prenatal Tests Are Usually Wrong

By Sarah Kliff and Aatish Bhatia, The New York Times | 01.01.2022

^{Photo by CDC on Unsplash}

After a year of fertility treatments, Yael Geller was thrilled when she found out she...

Assisted Reproduction

The USDA’s new labeling for genetically modified foods goes into effect Jan. 1. Here’s what you need to know.

By Laura Reiley, The Washington Post | 01.01.2022

The goal was to get rid of the patchwork of different labels for foods and ingredients that have been scientifically...

Policies