News

Palantir Has a Hand in NIH’s Most Ambitious Health Initiative

By Julia Métraux, Mother Jones [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 07.07.2026

During his 2015 State of the Union address, then-President Barack Obama announced what he promised would be an ambitious public health project. “Tonight, I’m launching a new Precision Medicine Initiative to bring us closer to curing diseases like cancer and diabetes...

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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...

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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

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"These are saliva...

Genetic Selection

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...

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Home DNA Kits: What Do They Tell You?

By Phil Rogers, Lisa Capitanini, and Courtney Copenhagen, NBC Chicago | 04.30.2018

Confused by the barrage of ads from companies wanting to dissect your personal tastes/family history/longevity/health based on a simple sample...

Media Coverage

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Federal appeals court hears CRISPR patent dispute

By Jon Cohen, Science | 04.30.2018

Here’s a double-negative brain twister with potentially huge financial ramifications and a Nobel Prize resting on the answer: For an...

Policies

Miracle cures or modern quackery? Stem cell clinics multiply, with heartbreaking results for some patients.

By Laurie McGinley and William Wan, The Washington Post | 04.29.2018

Doris Tyler lay on the examining table as the doctor stuck a long, thin tube into her belly. The doctor...

Bioethics

New genetic sleuthing tools helped track down the Golden State Killer suspect

By Tina Hesman Saey, Science News [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 04.29.2018

Using DNA to find a killer sounds easy: Upload some DNA to a database, get a match and — bingo...

Genomics

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The Golden State Killer Is Tracked Through a Thicket of DNA, and Experts Shudder

By Gina Kolata and Heather Murphy, The New York Times | 04.27.2018

Genetic testing services have become enormously popular with people looking for long-lost relatives or clues to hereditary diseases. Most never...

Technologies

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How a Genealogy Website Led to the Alleged Golden State Killer

By Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic | 04.27.2018

When the East Area Rapist broke into the home of his first victim in 1976, human DNA had not yet...

Technologies

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Transplanted testicles will always make the donor’s sperm

By Rachel Becker, The Verge | 04.26.2018

A veteran of the US Armed Forces has a new penis and scrotum after the most extensive penis transplant yet, ...

Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights

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Peru's Fujimori Faces New Charges Over Forced Sterilizations

By Telesur, Telesur TV | 04.26.2018

At least 2,000 people have filed lawsuits against the sterilizations, and official data says that 18 women died as a

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Eugenics