News

23andMe’s DNA database is up for sale. Who might want it, and what for?

By Anumita Kaur [cites CGS’ Katie Hasson], The Washington Post | 03.25.2025

Genetic information company 23andMe has said that it is headed to bankruptcy court, raising questions for what happens to the DNA shared by millions of people with the company via saliva test kits.

Sunday’s announcement clears the way for a new...

Genomics

Center for Genetics and Society, et al. vs. Rob Bonta, et al.

By ACLU Northern California | 03.21.2025

In a long-standing lawsuit, the ACLU, on behalf of partner organizations and an individual taxpayer, is challenging the state of California for its retention of genetic samples and profiles from people arrested but never convicted of a felony.

The complaint...

U.S. States

The couple who want to make America procreate again

By Anne Branigin, The Washington Post [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 02.04.2025

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the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license}

It's a...

Genetic Selection

Should We Use Gene Editing to Create Super Babies?

By Staff [cites CGS' Katie Hasson], The New York Times Upfront | 02.17.2025

A young couple wants to have a baby, but they’re worried it’ll carry a disease that runs in the family...

Bioethics

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The DNA Test Delusion

By Kristen V. Brown, Bloomberg | 05.14.2024

Answers to our greatest questions, we were told about a decade ago, could be ours if we just spat in...

Patents & Other IP

A ‘miracle cure’ for deafness? For people like me, here’s why that isn’t our dream

By Oliver James Campbell, The Guardian | 05.13.2024

As someone who has been hard of hearing since I was a teenager, I read with great interest about the...

Society

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Americans overwhelmingly say access to IVF is a good thing

By Gabriel Borelli, Pew Research Center | 05.13.2024

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The political debate around access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) intensified this year, following...

U.S. Federal

Image shows a pediatrician with short blond hair inspecting a baby's right ear.

Deaf baby hears for the first time after ‘groundbreaking’ gene therapy trial

By Victoria Bisset and Adela Suliman, The Washington Post | 05.09.2024

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A baby girl born with profound genetic deafness can now hear unaided after receiving a...

Human Genetic Modification

A gay couple couldn’t access IVF benefits. They’re suing New York City.

By Maham Javaid, The Washington Post | 05.09.2024

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New York City is denying...

Policies

After CRISPR baby scandal shut down work for years, China gene editing companies are restarting clinical trials

By Ryan Cross, Endpoints News | 05.08.2024

A half-decade after a scientist’s reckless experiment with human embryos put a stop to much of China’s clinical work on...

Human Genetic Modification

Boy Dosed with Pfizer DMD Gene Therapy Dies a Year after Phase II Trial

By Alex Philippidis, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | 05.07.2024

Pfizer has paused enrollment in a Phase III trial assessing its Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene therapy candidate fordadistrogene movaparvovec...

Patents & Other IP

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The Parents Who Want Daughters—and Daughters Only

By Emi Nietfeld, Slate | 05.07.2024

Amy Yin always envisioned having at least two daughters. She spent her 20s working as an engineer and founding...

Assisted Reproduction