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

Florida considers banning abortions for women who have fetuses with disabilities

By News Service of Florida, Sun Sentinel | 03.12.2021

TALLAHASSEE — A House panel Thursday backed a bill that would prevent doctors from performing abortions that women seek because...

Policies

Can China’s New Criminal Law Deter the Next He Jiankui?

By Shao Bowen, Sixth Tone | 03.12.2021

The latest edition of China’s criminal law formally came into effect March 1. The updated code includes a range of ...

Animal Biotechnologies

World at ‘peak twin’ as birth rates reach historic high, study finds

By Ian Sample, The Guardian | 03.11.2021

^{Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash}

Twins may be more common today than at any time in history, according to...

Assisted Reproduction

UC Davis: First clinical trial of stem cells to treat spina bifida

By David Jensen, Capitol Weekly | 03.10.2021

^{Photo by Satheesh Sankaran on Unsplash}

Backed by $17 million in cash from California’s stem cell agency, researchers at UC...

Human Genetic Modification

CRISPR Could Switch Off Chronic Pain Without Opioids

By Emily Mullin, Future Human | 03.10.2021

In 2006, scientists described the curious case of a Pakistani boy who seemed immune to pain. The 10-year-old street performer...

Animal Biotechnologies

Viral vector unlikely to be cause of leukemia in gene therapy patient

By Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | 03.10.2021

^{Photo by Paweł Czerwiński on Unsplash}

Gene therapy researchers are breathing easier after a company reported today that the modified...

Human Genetic Modification

Parents Are Demanding Surrogates Who Won’t Get the COVID Vaccine

By Carter Sherman, Vice | 03.09.2021

As a health care worker, Jordan McCutcheon could get the COVID-19 vaccine anytime she wants. But the 28-year-old dental...

Assisted Reproduction

We Should All Be Able to Have Babies Like White People

By Andre M. Perry, The Nation | 03.09.2021

^{Photo by Larry Crayton on Unsplash}

“Push, push, push, Mama; push,” my wife, Joia Crear-Perry, implored. Quiana, angled upright on...

Assisted Reproduction