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

Ethical Minefield of Parents in Control

By Neil McMahon, The Sydney Morning Herald | 09.14.2013
You are going to be a parent. Modern science is your guide, IVF your chosen method, the aim being multiple...
Human Genetic Modification

After Disasters, DNA Science Is Helpful, But Often Too Pricey

By Christopher Joyce, NPR | 09.13.2013
Human DNA is the ultimate fingerprint. A single hair can contain enough information to determine someone's identity — a feature...
Civil Society

No Point in Testing Controversial Stem Cell Treatment, Italian Panel Says

By Laura Margottini, Science | 09.12.2013
ROME—An expert panel that the Italian government asked to come up with a trial design for a controversial Italian stem...
Biopolitics

Consortium Receives $8M to Investigate Molecular Roots of Extreme Aggression

By GenomeWeb, GenomeWeb | 09.12.2013

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The European Union has approved a project aimed at determining the causes of extreme aggressive...

Bioethics

Designer Babies

By Stephanie Robinson, Blog Talk Radio | 09.12.2013

This week on Roundtable with Stephanie Robinson, Stephanie takes on science, the field of genetics and the current dilemma regarding...

Bioethics

Selling the Fantasy of Fertility

By Miriam Zoll and Pamela Tsigdinos, The New York Times | 09.11.2013
ON Sunday in New York City, a trade show called Fertility Planit will showcase the latest inventions in the world...
Genomics

Stem Cells Created in Living Mice

By Heidi Ledford, Nature | 09.11.2013
Researchers have reprogrammed adult mouse cells to behave like embryonic stem cells, without the need for a stay in a...
Biotech & Pharma

Republican Lawmakers Criticize Indian Government for Failing to Stop Sex-Selective Abortions

By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press | 09.10.2013
WASHINGTON - Millions of sex-selective abortions in India have skewed gender ratios, and the origins of the problem can be...
Bioethics