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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...
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...
By Gregory E. Kaebnick, Bioethics Forum | 03.28.2014
A team of scientists announced this week that it had successfully created one of the sixteen chromosomes found in yeast...
By Raquel Cool, We Are Egg Donors | 03.28.2014
Let’s talk about stigma for a second.
A year ago, we started We are Egg Donors as an advocacy and...
By Emily Dugan, The Independent | 03.27.2014
Record numbers of lesbian couples are becoming parents through fertility treatment, official figures show. The number of two-mum families jumped...
By Monte Morin, The Los Angeles Times | 03.27.2014
As new revelations further discredit a highly publicized Japanese study on the use of acid to create so-called STAP stem...
By Helen Thomson, New Scientist | 03.27.2014
From "paradigm changer" to "sloppy and irresponsible". In just two months, two papers revealing a simple...
By Michelle Millhollon, The Advocate [Louisiana] | 03.27.2014
For three weeks, state Rep. Joseph Lopinto worked to quell opposition to setting up a legal framework in Louisiana for...
By David Shukman, BBC | 03.27.2014
Scientists have created the first synthetic chromosome for yeast in a landmark for biological engineering.
Previously synthetic DNA has been...
Previously synthetic DNA has been...
By Rebecca Zamon, The Huffington Post | 03.26.2014
It’s been illegal for 10 years in Canada to buy sperm or ova, but Radio-Canada’s investigative program Enquête has learned...