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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 Jonathan Basile, Los Ángeles Review of Books | 04.29.2026
WILLIAM BATESON, a foundational figure in the science of genetics at the turn of the last century, once recounted the...
By Amy Klein, The New York Times | 12.03.2013
I love casinos. The sounds, the lights, the corny decadence. … I love it all, except for one thing: I...
By GEN, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News | 12.03.2013
Frustrated by slow progress in gene therapy, a team of scientists opted for an unconventional approach. Instead of relying on...
By Ewen Callaway, Nature | 12.01.2013
Certain fears can be inherited through the generations, a provocative study of mice reports1. The authors suggest that...
By Karuna Jaggar, Huffington Post | 12.01.2013
This week the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning letter to the direct-to-consumer genetic testing company 23andMe, demanding...
By Rene Almeling, The New York Times | 11.30.2013
NEW HAVEN — THE new movie “Delivery Man” stars Vince Vaughn as a former sperm donor who finds out that...
By Carl Zimmer, The New York Times | 11.28.2013
The days of scrawled doctor’s notes are slowly coming to a close. In the United States, 93 percent of hospitals...
By Stephen L. Carter, Bloomberg | 11.27.2013
I hadn’t heard about the controversy over the three-parent embryo until my wife brought it to my attention: The U.K...
By Charles Seife, Scientific American | 11.27.2013
If there’s a gene for hubris, the 23andMe crew has certainly got it. Last Friday the U.S. Food and Drug...