News

'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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Patents & Other IP

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...

U.S. Federal

Trumpian “Common Sense” and the History of IQ Tests

By Pepper Stetler, Los Angeles Review of Books | 05.08.2025

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Society

This Scientist Helped Free the Innocent Using DNA. Now Biden Wants Him in the Cabinet.

By Eli Hager, The Marshall Project | 01.26.2021

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In November 1988, at a secretive conference center in the...

Genomics

‘Deleted’ DNA Data Just Reappeared on a Popular Database

By Emily Mullin, Future Human | 01.21.2021

Over the past few years, the online DNA database GEDmatch has become a powerful tool for solving cold cases...

Society

Surprising Surge of Egg Freezing During the Pandemic Raises Ethical Questions

By Danielle Pacia and Jacob Howard, Bioethics Forum | 01.21.2021

In the midst of the pandemic, life has been put on hold in a multitude of ways. Many women are...

Assisted Reproduction

Media Elevate Eugenicists, Sideline Disabled Voices in Discussions of Covid Rationing

By Justine Barron , FAIR | 01.20.2021

In the sticky conversations around rationing life-saving treatments and vaccines during the Covid pandemic, corporate media have elevated some experts...

Eugenics