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...

U.S. Federal

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...

U.S. Federal

NC appeals court rules on eugenics cases

By Anne Blythe, News & Observer | 02.16.2016
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The N.C. Court of Appeals issued rulings Tuesday in a series of cases related to people who were...

Human Rights

The History of Eugenics in Quebec and at McGill

By Hailey MacKinnon, The McGill Tribune | 02.16.2016
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McGill University is known for its cutting-edge scientific research. Many may not know, however, that during the early...

Human Rights

Gene editing: The next frontier in America’s abortion wars

By Sarah Karlin, Politico | 02.16.2016
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Longtime combatants find themselves on the same side when it comes to manipulating the DNA of human embryos...

U.S. States

Is a Surrogate a Mother?

By Michelle Goldberg, Slate | 02.15.2016
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Last year, a 47-year-old California woman named Melissa Cook decided to become a commercial surrogate. Cook is a...

Assisted Reproduction

‘It smells of Big Brother’: Some question legality, effectiveness of Louisiana’s expansive DNA database

By Bryn Stole & Danielle Maddox Kinchen, The New Orleans Advocate | 02.13.2016
Untitled Document A dozen years ago, just after Derrick Todd Lee was arrested and tied to a string of killings...
Bioethics

'Rogue scientists' could exploit gene editing technology, experts warn

By Alan Yuhas and Kamala Kelkar, The Guardian | 02.12.2016
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A senior geneticist and a bioethicist warned on Friday that they fear “rogue scientists” operating outside the bounds...

Biotech & Pharma

California stem cell agency may fund tests to edit genes in human embryos

By Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times | 02.12.2016
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A California agency funded by taxpayers is considering whether it should support scientific research aimed at genetically modifying...

Biotech & Pharma

A Nobel Laureate's 'Unsettling Note' From California's Human Gene Editing Conference

By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 02.12.2016
Untitled Document The Center for Genetics and Society, which has been monitoring human gene editing for the past few...
Biotech & Pharma