News

'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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Patents & Other IP

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...

U.S. Federal

Trumpian “Common Sense” and the History of IQ Tests

By Pepper Stetler, Los Angeles Review of Books | 05.08.2025

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Society

New York State Legalizes Gestational Surrogacy

By Matt Tracy, Gay City News | 04.02.2020

A protracted battle over the future of compensated gestational surrogacy in New York was resolved on April 2 when state...

Assisted Reproduction

Unproven Stem Cell Therapy Gets OK for Testing in Coronavirus Patients

By Katie Thomas, New York Times | 04.02.2020

An experimental stem cell therapy derived from human placentas will begin early testing in patients with the coronavirus, a New...

Stem Cells

How Coronavirus Is Affecting Surrogacy, Foster Care and Adoption

By David Dodge, New York Times | 04.01.2020

Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has upended life for those who are or hope to become...

Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights

The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Settling Some Old Arguments About Ableism

By Andrew Pulrang, Forbes | 03.30.2020

A long-time, low-grade worry for people with disabilities has become a red alert in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic...

Bioethics

Potential Inequities in New Medical Technologies

By Eric B. Kmiec and Jonathan Marron, Scientific American | 03.28.2020

As headline-catching new technologies emerge—like tools to “edit” our DNA—researchers, doctors, patients and the general public are excited about the...

Society