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

Ombudsman Warns Surrogacy Law Could Leave Children Stateless

By Ruadhán Mac Cormaic, The Irish Times | 06.24.2014

The Government should explain what will happen to children whose parents break the law by entering into a commercial surrogacy...

Bioethics

Pro-choice, Pro-Information, Anti-Eugenics

By David Perry, ThisMess.net | 06.23.2014
Untitled Document Yesterday I published a guest post by Nancy McCrea Iannone, an expert on Down syndrome and pregnancy. I would...
Eugenics

White Rabbit

By Patricia J. Williams, The Nation | 06.23.2014
Untitled Document

“And if you go chasing rabbits, and you know you’re going to fall, tell ’em a hookah...

Racial Justice

I Was Sure Freezing My Eggs Would Solve Everything

By Doree Shafrir, BuzzFeed | 06.22.2014
Untitled Document

I couldn’t tell you the exact moment I started thinking about whether I was going to be able...

Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights

On the Perils of Genetic Testing

By Mona Gable, Huffington Post | 06.21.2014
Untitled Document

In the fall of 2010, as my brother was dying of colon cancer, I learned a terrifying secret...

Genomics

'Shoebox IVF' Hope for Infertile Couples

By Cathy Edwards, BBC | 06.21.2014
Untitled Document

Could an IVF kit that fits in a shoebox and some kitchen cupboard essentials provide hope for people...

Human Rights

'Shoebox IVF' Hope for Infertile Couples

By Cathy Edwards, BBC | 06.21.2014
Untitled Document

Could an IVF kit that fits in a shoebox and some kitchen cupboard essentials provide hope for people...

Human Rights

'Shoebox IVF' Hope for Infertile Couples

By Cathy Edwards, BBC | 06.21.2014
Untitled Document

Could an IVF kit that fits in a shoebox and some kitchen cupboard essentials provide hope for people...

Human Rights