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

Indian Sterilisation Patient: ‘I was Slapped and Told to Calm Down’

By Alok Putul and Anu Anand, The Guardian | 11.15.2014
Untitled Document

A woman who became seriously ill at the Indian sterilisation camps that have killed 15 women has spoken...

Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights

Synthetic Biologist Aims to Create Pig with Human Lungs

By Lisa M. Krieger, San Jose Mercury News | 11.14.2014
Untitled Document

SAN FRANCISCO -- In a provocative cross-species experiment, scientists are striving to rewrite the pig genome so the...
Environmentalism

Cellular 'Computers' Gain a Hard Drive

By Brendan Borrell, Nature News | 11.14.2014
Untitled Document

A new DNA-based recorder allows bioengineers to create cell cultures that detect information in their environment and store...

Synthetic Biology

Gene Therapy: Editorial Control

By Katharine Gammon, Nature News | 11.12.2014
Untitled Document

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