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

Closing the Information Gap on International Surrogacy

By Elayne Clift, Women's Media Center | 07.16.2014
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Beth G. had eight miscarriages before she and her partner considered in vitro fertilization (IVF). The couple also...

Assisted Reproduction

C.D.C. Director Admits to Pattern of Unsafe Practices

By Denise Grady, The New York Times | 07.16.2014
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Under sharp questioning from members of Congress on Wednesday, Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease...

Environmentalism

California Lawsuit Charges StemCells, Inc., with Putting Patients at Risk

By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 07.16.2014
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A former senior manager at StemCells, Inc., which holds a $19.4 million award from the California stem...
Stem Cells

In Thailand, Baby Gender Selection Loophole Draws China, HK Women to IVF Clinics

By Byron Kaye and Khettiya Jittapong, Reuters | 07.15.2014
Untitled DocumentAt 26, with a baby daughter, a Hong Kong mother and her husband wanted a second child. To...
Genetic Selection

Thousands of Scots Children Have Their DNA Stored on Police Database

By STV, STV | 07.15.2014

Thousands of Scottish children are having their DNA stored on police computers, new figures have revealed.

The total number of...

Technologies

Reaping the Whirlwind of Nazi Eugenics

By Kate Douglas, New Scientist | 07.14.2014
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Are some fields of scientific exploration so incendiary they should be fenced off and labelled "Keep out"?

I'm...

Eugenics

A Call to François Hollande to Publicly Oppose Legalizing Surrogate Mother Contracts

By Jacques Delors and Lionel Jospin, Libération | 07.13.2014
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[Translated from the French. Original is here.]

In February 2013, you made a formal commitment against the...

Assisted Reproduction

Remembering Nikola Tesla, Eugenicist

By Michael Cook, BioEdge | 07.12.2014

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk celebrated Nikola Tesla’s birthday this week with a US$1 million donation to set up a Tesla...

Eugenics