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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...

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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

Jeopardy!, Eugenics and Me

By Cynthia Greenlee, Harper's Bazaar | 09.17.2021

In 1994, when I heard my beloved game show Jeopardy! was searching for college contestants, I somehow convinced my parents...

Eugenics
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Temple researchers take another step toward curing HIV

By Marie McCullough, The Philadelphia Inquirer | 09.17.2021

In 2014, Temple University researchers proved they could use state-of-the-art molecular scissors to cut out dormant HIV hiding in human...

Human Genetic Modification

Picking Embryos With Best Health Odds Sparks New DNA Debate

By Carey Goldberg, Bloomberg | 09.17.2021

Rafal Smigrodzki won’t make a big deal of it, but someday, when his toddler daughter Aurea is old enough to...

Genetic Selection
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Biology Starts to Get a Technological Makeover

By Steve Lohr, The New York Times | 09.16.2021

Photo by igemhq on Flickr

BOSTON — Two white-coated lab technicians, seated at work stations in a corner, are vastly...

Synthetic Biology
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An anti-racist action plan for studying the human genome

By Eric D. Green, The Hill | 09.16.2021

Image Credit: Ernesto Del Aguila III, Courtesy of NHGRI

Throughout my career as a leader in genomics, I have frequently...

U.S. Federal
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Theranos and COVID-19 Testing Are Mirror-Image Cautionary Tales

By Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic | 09.15.2021

Photo by Steve Nomax on Unsplash

Last week, prosecutors and defense attorneys made opening statements in the criminal trial of...

U.S. Federal
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U.N. official calls for moratorium on artificial intelligence tools that breach human rights

By Sammy Westfall, The Washington Post | 09.15.2021

The rapid evolution of artificial-intelligence-based technologies and their adoption by businesses and governments have outpaced efforts to hold them to...

Other Countries
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'A Queer Tax.' New Lawsuit Alleges Aetna Discriminates Against LGBTQ People Seeking Fertility Treatment

By Madeleine Carlisle, TIME | 09.14.2021

When Emma Goidel was denied coverage for her fertility treatments in September 2020, she was furious. A 31-year-old writer in...

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