News

These companies help parents try to pick their babies' traits. Experts are wary

By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 05.06.2026

Justin Schleede reaches onto a black lab bench to pick up a tray of small plastic tubes.

"These are saliva samples as well as blood," says Schleede, a geneticist who runs Herasight Inc.'s lab in Morrisville, N.C. "We also...

Genetic Selection

The Measured Listener

By Daniel Shanahan, Los Angeles Review of Books | 05.31.2026

This is the 15th 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. You can read the first part here. The series...

U.S. States

The start-ups dreaming of creating genetically modified babies

By Alexandre Piquard, Le Monde [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 05.22.2026

"If proven to be safe, we believe preventive gene editing could be one of the most important health technologies of...

U.S. Federal

Natural Election

By Jonathan Basile, Los Ángeles Review of Books | 04.29.2026

WILLIAM BATESON, a foundational figure in the science of genetics at the turn of the last century, once recounted the...

Society

Countries with a cultural preference for sons likely to lose another 4.7 million girls by 2030

By Emily Henderson, News Medical | 07.31.2021

Countries with a skewed sex ratio at birth, because of a cultural preference for sons, are set to ‘lose’ another...

Policies

Genetic Testing ‘Strongly Recommended’ For Kids With Intellectual Disability

By Michelle Diament , Disability Scoop | 07.30.2021

A new recommendation from a leading medical association is urging children with intellectual disability, developmental delay and other congenital anomalies...

Disability Rights

The nature (and nurture) of IQ

By Meredith Wadman, Science | 07.30.2021

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In July 1934, psychologist Harold Skeels evaluated...

Bioethics

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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