News

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

Racism Accelerates Aging In African-American Men, New Study Suggests

By Macrina Cooper-White, The Huffington Post | 01.08.2014

Scientists have long known that experiencing racism is bad for your health. In fact, racial discrimination has been linked to...

Racial Justice

Some Data, Please

By Genome Web, Genome Web | 01.08.2014

A company and its former subsidiary have settled with the US Federal Trade Commission, which said the companies' advertising...

U.S. Federal

IVF babies have greater risk of complications, study finds

By Ian Sample, The Guardian [UK] | 01.08.2014

Children born after IVF treatment have a greater risk of complications ranging from preterm birth to neonatal death, according to...

Assisted Reproduction

DNA evidence in Grim Sleeper case was taken legally, judge rules

By Paresh Dave, Los Angeles Times | 01.07.2014

A judge ruled Tuesday that DNA evidence that led to accused Grim Sleeper serial killer Lonnie Franklin Jr. was lawfully...

Genomics

Leaked Files Slam Stem-Cell Therapy

By Alison Abbott, Nature | 01.07.2014
A series of damning documents seen by Nature expose deep concerns over the safety and efficacy of the controversial stem-cell...
Bioethics

Should Persons Affected by Mitochondrial Disorders Not be Brought Into Existence?

By Professor Calum MacKellar, BioNews | 01.06.2014

Untitled Document In their article entitled Is mitochondrial replacement therapy eugenic and incompatible with human dignity? in BioNews 733, John...

Bioethics

Gene Patent Case Fuels U.S. Court Test of Stem Cell Right

By Susan Decker, Bloomberg | 01.05.2014
As scientists get closer to using embryonic stem cells in new treatments for blindness, spinal cord injuries and heart disease...
Stem Cells

The Truth About Egg Donation

By Jen Dziura, The Gloss | 01.03.2014
I donated eggs — to gay men, through an agency, in exchange for money — twice in my twenties. At...
Bioethics