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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...

U.S. States

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...

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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The Racial Spectacle of DNA Test Result Videos

By Amanda Hess, The New York Times | 05.06.2018

The Try Guys, a quartet of BuzzFeed personalities who film themselves undergoing often absurd and humiliating experiences on camera...

Arts & Culture
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How to delete your DNA data from genetics companies like 23andMe and Ancestry

By Erin Brodwin, Business Insider | 05.04.2018
Technologies
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You Can’t Hide Your Genes

By Natalie Ram, Slate | 05.04.2018

The arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo as the suspected Golden State Killer has both thrilled and worried watchers. Bringing the...

U.S. Federal
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Congress is a decade behind in overseeing DNA testing companies

By Stuart Leavenworth, The Sacramento Bee | 05.03.2018

Washington -- Wall Street has plowed billions of dollars into DNA testing companies, one of the world's fastest-growing consumer services...

Technologies
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Argument of paying for surrogacy, sperm and eggs based on misinformation

By Alana Cattapan and Françoise Baylis, The Star | 05.01.2018

Prime Minister Trudeau has stated it is time for Canadians to have a discussion about payment for surrogacy, eggs, and...

Other Countries
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Infertility through the ages – and how IVF changed the way we think about it

By Tracey Loughran, The Conversation | 05.01.2018

To all outward appearances, Louise Brown looked exactly the same as thousands of other babies when her blinking, slightly quizzical...

Public Opinion
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Families of Children with Rare Diseases Fuel Gene Therapy Research

By The Scientist Staff, The Scientist | 05.01.2018

It’s a compelling narrative: A parent learns that his or her child has a fatal disease with no cure, and...

Human Genetic Modification
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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