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'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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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...

Trumpian “Common Sense” and the History of IQ Tests

By Pepper Stetler, Los Angeles Review of Books | 05.08.2025

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America's Ugly History With Selective Sterilization Against Women of Color

By Thelma Annan, Popsugar | 09.23.2020

Last week, Dawn Wooten became the latest whistleblower regarding the treatment of migrants inside US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...

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Gene editing: Chinese scientists bring safer pig-to-human organ transplants one step closer to reality

By Coco Feng, South China Morning Post | 09.23.2020

A team led by Chinese researchers say they have succeeding in producing genetically modified pigs with cells that are more...

Animal Biotechnologies

‘I Have Been a Surrogate 3 Times, This Is What It's Like’

By Eloise Drane, Newsweek | 09.23.2020

I'm married with five children from a blended family with my current husband, and I've been a gestational surrogate three...

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The racist and classist roots of standardized testing found a home at Stanford — and they still endure today

By Georgia Rosenberg, The Stanford Daily | 09.22.2020

As wealthy parents rush to hire teachers for private instruction while those with limited financial barriers choose to take time...

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Stranded babies, sobbing parents: Pandemic splits surrogates from families

By Agence France-Presse, Japan Times | 09.22.2020

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BEIJING – Cherry Lin wistfully strokes a one-piece baby outfit, fretting it may be too...

Assisted Reproduction

The slippery slope of the human gene editing debate

By John Evans, Oxford University Press Blog | 09.22.2020

The ethical debate about what is now called “human gene editing” (HGE) began sixty years ago. At the time, eugenicist...

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Trump’s eugenics obsession: He thinks he has “good German genes,” because he’s a fascist

By Heather Digby Parton, Salon | 09.21.2020

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The forgotten time Ruth Bader Ginsburg fought against forced sterilization

By Ria Tabacco Mar, The Washington Post | 09.19.2020

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My mind immediately went to Ruth Bader Ginsburg as I read the breaking news...

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