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This startup wants to prove gene-editing embryos is safe for making healthy babies

By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 09.29.2026

Cathy Tie slips on a white lab coat bearing her name and the logo of her startup: Origin Genomics. "Welcome!" she says as she leads an NPR reporter, photographer and videographer on an exclusive tour of Origin's labs located...

Human Genetic Modification

Demographic Fears and Far-Right Fantasies

By Alexandra Minna Stern, Los Angeles Review of Books | 09.26.2026

This is the 17th 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. The series is organized by Osagie K. Obasogie in...

Society

She Got a Great Deal on Egg Freezing. Then She Spiraled

By Maia Hibbett, Wired | 09.09.2026

THE INSTAGRAM POST, precision-guided by sex and age, had zeroed in on its target. Yuchen Tu is a conser­vatory-trained viola...

U.S. Federal

Eugenics and the Nihilism of Law-and-Order Politics

By Terence Keel, Los Ángeles Review of Books | 09.06.2026

This is the 16th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...

U.S. States
Illustrated image which displays the letters ATCG (representing DNA base pairs) being built.

Researchers Discover Hundreds of Unexpected Mutations from New Gene Editing Technology

By Jessica Wapner, Newsweek | 05.31.2017

For the past few years, a new scientific tool known as CRISPR-Cas9 has been hailed as the future of medicine...

Human Genetic Modification
A nurse examines a newborn baby through a transport incubator

Trying to Embrace the Cure

By Sheila Black, New York Times | 05.31.2017

Lately, the online patient support group I am part of, the XLH Network — short for X-linked hypophosphatemia, the genetic...

Genetic Selection
Portrait photo of Jennifer Doudna casually dressed and smiling in front of shaded trees.

Genome editing: That's the way the CRISPR crumbles

By Nathaniel Comfort, Nature | 05.31.2017

The prospect of a memoir from Jennifer Doudna, a key player in the CRISPR story, quickens the pulse. And A...

Patents & Other IP
A laboratory scientist, in protective gear, holds a pippette to transfer samples from one test tube to several other test tubes on a rack.

Trump’s Proposed Budget Cuts Trouble Bioterrorism Experts

By Emily Baumgaertner, New York Times | 05.28.2017

WASHINGTON — President Trump has promoted his first budget proposal as placing one mission above all else — keeping America...

Biopolitics
Microscopic image of a mesenchymal stem cell

Stem cells show promise – but they also have a darker side

By Jill Johnson, The Conversation | 05.25.2017

Everyone seems to be excited about stem cells. Their excellent promise as a treatment for a range of diseases and...

Media Coverage
A white male reads over a pile of genetic testing kit contents on a kitchen stove top.

The direct-to-consumer genetic testing fog

By Timothy Caulfield, Policy Options | 05.25.2017

There is a direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing company that gives parents the opportunity to uncover their kids’ “hidden” talents. You...

Genomics
A DNA spit kit is shown, featuring a container and a specimen bag.

Ancestry.com denies exploiting users' DNA

By Harry Kretchmer, You and Yours, BBC Radio 4 | 05.25.2017

A leading genealogy service, Ancestry.com, has denied exploiting users' DNA following criticism of its terms and conditions.

The US...

Biotech & Pharma
A black and white image of a robotic hand lightly grasping a human hand.

Are we about to witness the most unequal societies in history?

By Yuval Noah Harari, The Guardian | 05.24.2017

Biotechnology and the rise of AI may split humankind into a small class of ‘superhumans’ and a huge underclass of

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Biopolitics