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

Google Invites Geneticists to Upload DNA Data to Cloud

By Stephanie M. Lee, San Francisco Chronicle | 03.18.2014
Googling a person is about to take on a completely new meaning.

The Mountain View search giant recently invited geneticists...
Biotech & Pharma

National Perinatal Association Urges IVF Clinics to Reduce Infant Health Risks and Costs by Prioritizing Elective Single Embryo Transfer

By Press Release, National Perinatal Association | 03.17.2014

Binghamton, NY –For the first time in its history, the National Perinatal Association (NPA), representing U.S. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit...

Bioethics

Abbott Launches Sweeping Review of IVF Ethics

By Sunshine Coast Daily, Sunshine Coast Daily [Australia] | 03.17.2014

THE ethical rules governing the use of egg and sperm donations, embryos, surrogacy and sex selection for IVF patients could...

Assisted Reproduction

Can You Pass the (Deoxyribonucleic) Acid Test?

By Center for Environmental Health, Center for Environmental Health [with CGS's Pete Shanks] | 03.17.2014

For just $99, genetic test company 23andme offered to test your DNA for everything from heart disease risk to your...

Assisted Reproduction

OPP Faces Scrutiny Over DNA Testing Sweep that Brought Racial-Profiling Complaint

By Tim Alamenciak, The Star | 03.17.2014
Ontario’s police watchdog has launched a review of the DNA sampling practices of the Ontario Provincial Police after a complaint...
Other Countries

His Fertility Advance Draws Ire: Shoukhrat Mitalipov’s Mitochrondrial Manipulations

By Sabrina Tevernise, New York Times | 03.15.2014
BEAVERTON, ORE. — To most people, the word “mitochondria” is only dimly familiar, the answer to a test question in...
Assisted Reproduction

Stirring the Simmering “Designer Baby” Pot

By Thomas H. Murray, Science | 03.14.2014

In February 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee met to consider...

Assisted Reproduction

23andMe and the FDA

By George J. Annas and Sherman Elias, The New England Journal of Medicine | 03.13.2014
In August 2013, the genetic-testing company 23andMe began running a compelling national television commercial, in which attractive young people said...
Bioethics