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

1 in 27 Babies Conceived Using IVF in 2012

By The Yomiuri Shimbun, The Yomiuri Shimbun | 09.09.2014

One out of about 27 babies born in Japan in 2012 was conceived by in vitro fertilization, a sharp increase...

Other Countries

Surrogate Targeted After Backing Out

By Bangkok Post, Bangkok Post | 09.09.2014

A surrogate mother who had second thoughts appealed for help from authorities after becoming the target of threats and intimidation...

Assisted Reproduction

Myth Replacement Therapy: MPs Debate the Science of Mitochondria

By Dr. Ted Morrow, BioNews | 09.08.2014

The regulatory path to clinical trials of mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT) was recently debated in the House of Commons...

Bioethics

'Smart Genes' Prove Elusive

By Ewen Callaway, Nature | 09.08.2014

Scientists looking for the genes underlying intelligence are in for a slog. One of the largest, most rigorous genetic studies...

Bioethics

A Manifesto for Playing God with Human Evolution

By Carl Elliott, New Scientist | 09.08.2014
Untitled Document

Fancy living forever, or uploading your mind to the net? The Proactionary Imperative embraces transhumanist dreams, but reminds...

Genetic Selection

Editing DNA Could be Genetic Medicine Breakthrough

By Stephanie M. Lee, San Francisco Chronicle | 09.07.2014
Untitled Document

A new way to make powerful changes at will to the DNA of humans, other animals and plants...

Genomics

Body Upgrades may be Nearing Reality, but Only for the Rich

By Ian Sample, The Guardian | 09.05.2014
Untitled Document

Homo sapiens were not always so special. In the ancient past, other human forms lived beside us. The...

Human Genetic Modification

Australian Federal Court Rules Isolated Genetic Material can be Patented

By The Guardian, The Guardian | 09.04.2014

The federal court has ruled that a company may patent genetic material that has been extracted from the human body...

Genomics