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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

Identical twins aren’t perfect clones, research shows

By Christina Larson, AP | 01.07.2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — If you’re an identical twin who’s always resisted being called a clone of your sibling, scientists say...

Genomics

California needs to repair the damage from its history of systematic sterilizations

By Janelli Vallin, Cal Matters | 01.07.2021

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When my family and I would drive past Los Angeles...

Society

University College London apologises for role in promoting eugenics

By Richard Adams, The Guardian | 01.07.2021

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University College London has expressed “deep regret” for its role...

Eugenics

Human Molecular Genetics and Genomics — Important Advances and Exciting Possibilities

By Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Jennifer A. Doudna, Ph.D., Eric S. Lander, Ph.D., and Charles N. Rotimi, Ph.D., The New England Journal of Medicine | 01.07.2021

The breathtaking progress in molecular genetics that has occurred over the past five decades and the transition to genomic medicine...

Human Genetic Modification

Gene editing of crops and livestock may soon be permitted in England

By Fiona Harvey, The Guardian | 01.06.2021

Gene editing of crops and livestock may soon be permitted in England for the first time under a consultation launched...

Animal Biotechnologies

U.S. law sets stage for boost to artificial intelligence research

By Jeffrey Mervis, Science | 01.06.2021

Low-income commuters who rely on public transit face many challenges—multiple transfers, long waits, and off-hour travel—that aren’t measured in the...

Policies

CRISPR cures progeria in mice, raising hope for one-time therapy for a disease that causes rapid aging

By Sharon Begley, STAT | 01.06.2021

Biologists tend not to discuss experimental results on a handful of cells and a single solitary mouse — too preliminary...

Animal Biotechnologies

Singapore says police will be given access to Covid-19 contact tracing data

By Josh Taylor, The Guardian | 01.05.2021

Singapore has announced its police will be able to use data obtained by its coronavirus contact-tracing technology for criminal investigations...

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