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Developments in gene-editing technology raise new ethical questions

By [cites CGS' Katie Hasson], KCBS Radio | 11.19.2025

This is Ask An Expert, where every weekday at 9:20am, KCBS Radio is giving you direct access to top experts in various fields. Today: Gene-editing technology allows scientists to work with DNA in unprecedented ways, but there are larger scientific...

U.S. Federal

Genetically Engineered Babies Are Banned. Tech Titans Are Trying to Make One Anyway.

By Emily Glazer, Katherine Long, Amy Dockser Marcus, The Wall Street Journal | 11.08.2025

For months, a small company in San Francisco has been pursuing a secretive project: the birth of a genetically engineered baby.

Backed by OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and his husband, along with Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong, the startup—called...

Genetic Selection

Who Gets to Procreate and Parent? A Black Feminist Critique of the Pronatalist Agenda

By Jallicia A. Jolly, Sydney Curtis and Nicole Sessions, Ms. Magazine | 10.17.2025

Pronatalism is an old idea with roots in eugenics and nationalism, that is now fashionable among far-right influencers and policymakers. They talk...

U.S. Federal

Does One Size Fit All?

By Jay S. Kaufman, Los Angeles Review of Books | 09.27.2025

This is the 10th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...

Society

Gene Therapy: Editorial Control

By Katharine Gammon, Nature News | 11.12.2014
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Tiny changes in DNA can have huge consequences. For years, scientists have been trying to 'fix' these mutations...

Bioethics

Why Egg-Freezing Parties are Gaining Popularity for Women

By Hallie Jackson, Today | 11.12.2014

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Biotech & Pharma

Many U.S. Doctors Wary of Genetic Testing: Survey

By Randy Dotinga, HealthDay | 11.12.2014

Many American doctors may not support genetic testing in patients without a major family history of certain illnesses, suggests a...

Biotech & Pharma

There May Be No Such Thing As A 'Longevity Gene'

By Will Dunham, Reuters | 11.12.2014
How do some people live past 110 years old? Is it superior genes, clean living, good luck or some combination...
Genomics

At Least 11 Women Die After Sterilization in India

By Katy Daigle, Associated Press | 11.11.2014

NEW DELHI (AP) — At least 11 Indian women are dead and 20 others seriously ill Wednesday after undergoing free...

Bioethics

Should Life Insurance Firms Have Access to Your Genetic Test Results?

By Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times | 11.11.2014

So, you're thinking you might like to check out one of those inexpensive new tests that would give you some...

Genomics

Human Thoughts Used to Switch on Genes

By Helen Thomson, New Scientist | 11.11.2014

Could a futuristic society of humans with the power to control their own biological functions ever become reality?

It's not...

Biotech & Pharma

Combining The DNA Of Three People Raises Ethical Questions

By Rob Stein, NPR | 11.10.2014

In a darkened lab in the north of England, a research associate is intensely focused on the microscope in front...

Bioethics